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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018 GAME NOTES #SWORDSUP 11-10 8-2 - / - 3-17 0-9 - / - OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (AP / COACHES) OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (AP / COACHES) - v. - MARK SLESSINGER 88-108 MIKE MCCONATHY 283-293 HEAD COACH RECORD AT UNO, 7TH SEASON DEMONS HEAD COACH RECORD AT NSU, 19TH SEASON privateers NEW ORLEANS V. NSU HOW TO TUNE IN SERIES AT A GLANCE 2017-18 SCHEDULE (H: 7-1; A: 4-9; N: 0-0) GAME New Orleans, La. • Lakefront Arena (8,785) Video: http://ow.ly/LQgh30hS3OE OVERALL / STK 6-5 / W1 (11-10 Overall, 8-2 Southland Conference) January 31, 2018 • 7 p.m. (CST) Play by Play: Jude Young in New Orleans 2-3 #22 Stats: http://ow.ly/Shk630hudfA in Natchitoches 3-2 Date Opponent Time/Result TV Play-by-Play: n/a Neutral 1-0 OCTOBER TV Analyst: n/a Last Meeting Jan. 24, 2018 (W, 73-67) 25 Huntingdon W, 94-71 TIP-OFF • First place and defending Southland Conference TALE OF THE TAPE NOVEMBER (1-5) 10 at St. John’s L, 61-77 champion University of New Orleans returns to Lake- 13 at #RV/RV Oakland L, 68-87 front Arena to host Northwestern State University 21 at Memphis L, 52-63 Wednesday at 7 p.m. • It marks the second time in seven days the two pro- 24 SPRING HILL W, 74-67 26 at South Alabama L, 52-55 grams will meet. The Privateers defeated the Demons 69.6 POINTS/GAME 64.6 29 at Houston L, 66-75 73-67 in Natchitoches January 24. • Makur Puou dominated the second half of Satur- DECEMBER (4-3, 2-0 SOUTHLAND) day’s victory with 16 of his 18 points (tied career- 45.4 FG% 39.8 2 WILLIAMS BAPTIST W, 87-70 13 at #RV SMU L, 66-79 high). 36.9 3FG% 27.9 16 at Louisiana L, 65-87 • Travin Thibodeaux leads the club in points (16.4 points), field goal percentage (55.7 percent), 18 OPSU W, 107-59 67.6 FT % 63.0 20 at UAB L, 67-74 rebounds (6.0), steals (1.3) and blocks (1.2) and his 2.9 assists per game rank second behind Bryson 28 ABILENE CHRISTIAN * W, 77-74 35.1 REBOUNDS/GAME 36.0 30 at HBU * W, 64-57 Robinson’s 3.0. • Bryson Robinson is second in points per game (8.8) JANUARY (6-2, 6-2 SOUTHLAND) and ranks second in three-point shooting, draining 15.0 ASSISTS/GAME 9.3 3 LAMAR * W, 72-62 6 at McNeese * W, 82-75OT 36.5 percent of his long distance shots. 3.4 BLOCKS/GAME 4.0 10 at Stephen F. Austin * L, 68-78 • Ezekiel Charles’ 50.8 shooting from three-point range is atop the Southland Conference. 13 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI * W, 61-55 • The Privateers are 7-1 at Lakefront Arena. 7.5 STEALS/GAME 5.9 17 CENTRAL ARKANSAS * L, 57-81 • Four of New Orleans’ final eight games of the regu- 20 UIW * W, 74-70 70.0 SCORING DEFENSE 79.0 24 at Northwestern State * W, 73-67 lar season are against the 7-2 Nicholls Colonels and 27 at UIW * W, 68-58 7-2 Southeastern Louisiana Lions. • Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology features the 46.5 FG% DEFENSE 46.3 31 NORTHWESTERN STATE * 7 p.m. FEBRUARY Privateers heading to Dayton for the play-in game March 13-14. 37.8 3FG% DEFENSE 36.5 3 NICHOLLS * 4:15 p.m. 10 at A&M-Corpus Christi * 7 p.m. • Next Up: The Privateers take on Nicholls Saturday at +3.4 REBOUND MARGIN -2.6 14 at Southeastern La. * 7 p.m. 4:15 p.m. at Lakefront Arena. 17 McNEESE * 4:15 p.m. 0.9 ASSISTS-TO RATIO 0.5 21 at Sam Houston State * 6:30 p.m. 24 at Nicholls * 6 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 28 SOUTHEASTERN LA. * 7 p.m. MARCH 7-10 Southland Conference Tournament All times central and subject to change Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll * Southland Conference Game Damion Rosser Lamont Berzat Michael Zeno Travin Thibodeaux Ezekiel Charles 1 FR • Guard 2 FR • Guard 11 SR • Forward 25 SR • Forward 33 JR • Guard COMMUNICATIONS MIN 13.1 MIN 11.8 MIN 21.2 MIN 29.0 MIN 19.5 KELVIN QUELIZ PPG 3.7 PPG 2.9 PPG 6.9 PPG 16.4 PPG 6.4 Director of Athletic Communications and New Media FG% 45.6 FG% 43.5 FG% 38.2 FG% 55.7 FG% 41.9 e: [email protected] c: 917-683-6517 REB 1.8 REB 0.8 REB 3.9 REB 6.0 REB 3.2 ASTS 0.8 STEALS 0.8 STEALS 1.0 STEALS 1.3 3FG% 50.8 @iamkelvinq NEW ORLEANS NORTHWESTERN STATE CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA LEADERS LEADERS Pts .........................Thibodeaux .................. 345 (16.4) Pts .........................Lane ............................. 269 (13.5) /PrivateersMBB FG Made ...............Thibodeaux .................. 131 FG Made ...............Lane ............................. 97 FG% .......................Champion .................... 57.9 FG% .......................Dixon ........................... 54.5 @PrivateersMBB 3PT Made ..............Robinson ...................... 35 3PT Made ..............West ............................ 24 3PT% ......................Charles ......................... 50.8 3PT% ......................West ............................ 48.0 @PrivateersMBB FT Made .................Thibodeaux .................. 71 FT Made .................Lane ............................. 63 FT% ........................Robinson ...................... 81.4 FT% ........................Lane ............................. 67.7 SWORDSUP Reb ........................Thibodeaux .................. 125 (6.0) Reb ........................Lane ............................. 145 (7.3) # Asts ........................Robinson ...................... 63 (6.0) Asts ........................West ............................ 48 (4.8) Blocks ....................Thibodeaux .................. 25 (1.2) Blocks ....................Lane ............................. 35 (1.8) Steals .....................Thibodeaux .................. 28 (1.3) Steals .....................Sweeney ...................... 18 (0.9) 2017-18 @PrivateersMBB NUMERICAL ROSTER COACHING STAFF NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL NAME POS. // YR. AT UNO ALMA MATER // YR. 0 Diontae Champion G 6-5 180 Jr. TR Pearl, Miss. / North Platte CC Mark Slessinger Head Coach // 7th Aurora // 1996 1 Damion Rosser G 6-4 205 Fr. HS McDonough, Ga. / Henry County HS Jody Bailey Assistant Coach // 3rd Louisville // 1995 2 Lamont Berzat G 5-6 155 Fr. HS New Orleans, La. / Landry-Walker HS Kris Arkenberg Assistant Coach // 7th IUPUI // 2009 3 Troy Green G 6-3 210 Fr. HS St. Rose, La. / Believe Prep Academy Bil Duany Assistant Coach // 3rd Indiana // 2009 4 Bryson Robinson G 6-4 195 So. 1L Mesquite, Texas / Mesquite HS Corey Schmidt Dir. of Ops // 3rd Belmont // 2013 5 Charles Bohannon G 6-0 195 Fr. HS Austin, Texas / Jack C. Hays HS Matt Winsberg Asst. Dir. of Ops // 1st LSU // 2017 11 Michael Zeno G/F 6-6 230 Sr. 3L Beaumont, Texas / West Brook HS Matt Richter Video/Multimedia // 1st Butler // 2016 13 Jorge Rosa G 6-4 203 Sr. 1L Orlando, Fla. / Indian Hills CC Nick Holtgrieve Athletic Trainer // 3rd Ouachita Baptist // 2012 15 Tyren Harrison G 6-5 185 Jr. TR Queens, N.Y. / Western Oklahoma State (COMO SE DICE) 21 Bol Riek C 7-3 222 Fr. HS Bentiu, Northern Liech, South Sudan / Moosheart (Ill.) HS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 22 Makur Puou F 6-9 210 Sr. 1L Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan / Vincennes Kris Arkenburg ............ARK-en-berg 25 Travin Thibodeaux F 6-8 235 Sr. 3L Plaquemine, La. / Brusly HS Bil Duany ....................DWAY-knee 32 Matthew Jiles G 5-10 155 Sr. 3L Braithwaite, La. / Phoenix HS Makur Puou ................muh-KOOR POE 33 Ezekiel Charles G 6-4 205 Jr. TR Brooklyn, N.Y. / Barton CC Jorge Rosa ...................JOWRJ (like George) ROW-suh 55 Scott Plaisance F 6-9 220 R-Jr. RS Marrero, La. / Louisiana Mark Slessinger ..........SLES-in-jer Travin Thibodeaux ......TRAY-vin TIB-uh-doh Michael Zeno ..............ZEE-no RADIO/TV ROSTER Diontae Champion Damion Rosser Lamont Berzat Troy Green Bryson Robinson Charles Bohannon Michael Zeno 0 G • 6-5 • 180 • Jr. 1 G • 6-4 • 205 • Fr. 2 G • 5-6 • 155 • Fr. 3 G • 6-3 • 205 • Fr. 4 G • 6-4 • 195 • So. 5 G • 6-0 • 195 • Fr. 11 F • 6-6 • 230 • Sr. Pearl, Miss. McDonough, Ga. New Orleans, La. St. Rose, La. Mesquite, Texas Austin, Texas Beaumont, Texas Jorge Rosa Tyren Harrison Bol Riek Makur Puou Travin Thibodeaux Matthew Jiles Ezekiel Charles 13G • 6-4 • 203 • Sr. 15 G • 6-5 • 185 • Jr. 21 C • 7-3 • 219 • Fr. 22 F • 6-9 • 210 • Sr. 25 F • 6-8 • 235 • Sr. 32G • 5-10 • 155 • Sr. 33G • 6-4 • 205 • Jr. Orlando, Fla. Queens, N.Y. Bentiu, Northern Liech, Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan Plaquemine, La. Braithwaite, La. Brooklyn, N.Y. South Sudan Scott Plaisance Mark Slessinger Jody Bailey Kris Arkenberg Bil Duany Corey Schmidt Matt Winsberg 55F • 6-9 • 220 • R-Jr. Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Ops Asst. Director of Ops Marrero, La. Seventh Season Third Season Seventh Season Third Season Third Season First Season Matt Richter Brad Feig Nick Holtgreive Video/Multimedia Student Manager Athletic Trainer First Season First Season Third Season game notes • #SwordsUp • 2017 Southland Conference Champions - 2 - 2017-18 @PrivateersMBB NORTHWESTERN STATE DEMONS 2017-18 QUICK FACTS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR.-EXP. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) GENERAL INFORMATION 0 C.J. Jones G 6-0 160 Fr.-HS Monroe, La. (Wossman HS) Location ...............................New Orleans, Louisiana 1 Iziahiah Sweeney G 6-3 190 Sr.-1L Compton, Calif. (East Los Angeles College) Enrollment .........................................7,976 2 Caleb Starks G 6-3 195 Fr.-HS Lafayette, La. (Lafayette Christian Academy) Founded ............................................ 1958 10 Malik Metoyer G 6-7 190 Jr.-2L Clarence, La. (Lakeview HS) Nickname....................................... Privateers Colors ......................................Royal Blue & Silver 13 Jacob Guest G 6-4 190 So.-1L Bossier City, La. (Airline HS) Affiliation ................................... NCAA Division I 15 Czar Perry G 6-0 170 Fr.-HS El Dorado, Ark.