New Orleans Basketball All Times Central and Subject to Change Overall 4-12 | Southland 3-5 2020-2021 Game Notes Home 3-1 | Away 0-10 | Neutral 1-1
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2020-2021 SCHEDULE NEW ORLEANS BASKETBALL ALL TIMES CENTRAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE OVERALL 4-12 | SOUTHLAND 3-5 2020-2021 GAME NOTES HOME 3-1 | AWAY 0-10 | NEUTRAL 1-1 FOLLOW US! /PrivateersMBB @PrivateersMBB @privateersmbb NOVEMBER (0-2) 26 @ BYU L, 61-86 Contact Kelvin Queliz Email [email protected] Phone (917) 683-6517 27 @ Utah Canceled 29 @ Texas A&M L. 53-82 NEW ORLEANS GAME 17 - STEPHEN F. AUSTIN NEXT UP DECEMBER (1-5) 2 Louisiana L, 63-66 8 vs. Florida National^ W, 74-57 9 vs. Campbell^ L, 70-79 10 @ Jacksonville^ L, 70-77 15 @ Louisiana L, 63-73 16 @ LSU Canceled 22 @ Rice L, 62-73 RECORD 4-12, 3-5 SLC RECORD 12-3, 8-1 SLC RECORD JANUARY (3-5, 3-5 SLC) 8-10, 2-7 SLC 2 @ Stephen F. Austin* L, 67-78 6 @ Central Arkansas* L, 79-83 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 9 UIW* W, 86-64 Mark Slessinger 10th Season WHEN / WHERE Kyle Keller 5th Season 16 McNeese* W, 99-84 Aurora ‘96 Oklahoma State ‘90 >> February 20 >> Burton Coliseum 20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W, 87-68 23 @ Nicholls* L, 62-86 >> Lake Charles, La. CAREER RECORD CAREER RECORD 27 @ Northwestern State* L, 73-81 >> 4:00 P.M. Overall 150-185 Overall 100-44* 5th Season 30 @ Southeastern* L, 73-79 at UNO 125-162 at SFA Same Same vs. SLC 64-72 vs. SLC 58-23* TV / VIDEO FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) vs. SFA 2-8 vs. UNO 5-2 >> McNeeseSports.com 15 Stephen F. Austin* 1:00 P.M. 20 @ McNeese* 4:00 P.M. ALL-TIME SERIES NOTE 22 Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. SFA leads 8-2. Includes 60 vacated wins from ‘16-20. 24 @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. 27 Nicholls* 6:00 P.M. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ALL-TIME SERIES SEE PAGE THREE. MARCH (0-0, 0-0 SLC) 1 @ UIW* 7:00 P.M. 3 Northwestern State* 6:00 P.M. TIP-OFF 6 Southeastern* 7:00 P.M. 10-13 Southland Tournament* 6:00 P.M. >> For the second straight road game, the Privateers went into the break with a halftime lead but couldn’t hold on, dropping a hard fought contest to Southeastern by six points January 30. DAMION ROSSER was superb, scoring 22 points on six-of-eight shooting and grabbing seven rebounds in 36 minutes. Fellow guard DEREK ST. HILAIRE ^ BSN Sports Dolphin Classic continues to impress as well adding 18 points and career-highs with eight rebounds and six assists. As a team the * Southland Conference Game Privateers made 21-of-26 free throws, including a perfect 12-of-12 in the second half. >> Indiana native Mark Slessinger likes to refer to Lakefront Arena as “The Friendly Confines” and that has been a very apt nickname this season. The Privateers are 3-1 ON THE LAKEFRONT this season and just 1-11 IN GAMES PLAYED OUTSIDE OF THE NEW ORLEANS area (netural site and away games). LAKEFRONT ARENA ELSEWHERE HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE COVERAGE INFORMATION Points Scored 83.8 67.3 +16.5 TELEVISION None Points Allowed 70.5 77.8 -7.3 Scoring Margin 13.3 -10.5 +23.8 STREAMING UNOPrivateers.com Shooting Percentage .511 .427 +.084 Play-by-Play Jude Young Opponent Shooting .444 .473 -.029 Free Throw Percentage .760 .705 +.0.55 RADIO NASH 106.1 FM / TuneIn App Rebounding 39.0 33.7 +5.3 Play-by-Play Jude Young Opponent Rebounding 30.8 37.6 - 6.8 Rebounding Margin 8.2 -3.9 +12.1 LIVE STATS UNOPrivateers.com Assists 18.8 13.6 +5.2 Turnovers 14.8 17.4 - 2.6 TWITTER @PrivateersMBB Ratio 1.3 0.78 +0.52 Updated Coverage Information can be found on Blocks 3.5 2.0 +1.5 UNOPrivateers.com or on Twitter at @PrivateersMBB PROJECTED STARTING FIVE (BASED ON LAST GAME) DAMION ROSSER TROY GREEN DEREK ST. HILAIRE JAHMEL MYERS RODNEY CARSON JR. #1 GUARD #3 GUARD #10 GUARD #4 FORWARD #24 GUARD POINTS 16.2 POINTS 14.3 POINTS 10.0 POINTS 5.1 POINTS 6.9 REBOUNDS 7.4 REBOUNDS 5.4 REBOUNDS 2.4 REBOUNDS 3.6 REBOUNDS 2.1 ASSISTS 2.9 ASSISTS 2.3 ASSISTS 2.3 ASSISTS 1.6 ASSISTS 1.3 STEALS 1.2 STEALS 1.3 STEALS 0.9 STEALS 0.8 STEALS 1.0 MINUTES 34.6 MINUTES 31.7 MINUTES 24.2 MINUTES 21.8 MINUTES 23.7 >> UNOPRIVATEERS.COM @PRIVATEERSMBB -1- NEW ORLEANS BASKETBALL 2020-2021 ROSTER NEWS & NOTES # NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Jay Rodgers G 6-3 185 Fr. Columbus, Ohio Winchendon Prep 1 Damion Rosser G 6-4 220 R-Jr. McDonough, Ga. Henry County HS 2 Lamont Berzat G 5-6 155 Sr. New Orleans, La. Landry-Walker HS 3 Troy Green G 6-3 215 Sr. St. Rose, La. Believe Prep Academy 4 Jahmel Myers F 6-6 215 Jr. Cape Coral, Fla. Mariner HS I AM THE ENTERTAINER 5 Charles Bohannon G 6-0 205 Sr. Austin, Texas Jack C. Hays HS >> DAMION ROSSER aspires to be an entertainer after he’s done with basketball, and Dame has certainly been entertaining on the hardwood this season. The 10 Derek St. Hilaire G 5-11 180 Gr. Atlanta, Ga. Jacksonville State Georgia native has FOUR DOUBLE-DOUBLES this season - tied for the second 11 Ahren Freeman F 6-6 235 So. Orange Park, Fla. Providence School of Jacksonville most in the league (Keyshawn Feazell, MCN, 7). Rosser set a career-high in points in December with 23 against Jacksonville in the BSN Sport Classic, and 12 Norris Williams G 6-2 165 Fr. New Orleans, La. Archbishop Hannan HS in rebounds with 11 against McNeese (Jan. 16). Rosser’s been a prolific scorer 13 Kmani Doughty G 6-5 195 R-Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Florida Prep this season opening the campaign with four straight games in double-figures for 15 Tamir Bynum G 6-2 160 Jr. Houston, Texas Prairie View A&M the second straight season and has scored in double-figures in 14 of 16 games with SIX GAMES OF 20 OR MORE POINTS (second most in the SLC). Dame’s 20 Abiram Frye G 6-2 175 Fr. New Orleans, La. De La Salle HS windmill dunk at Jacksonville on Dec. 10 was named NO. 3 ON #SCTOP10. 21 Bol Tong F 6-9 215 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Hill JC Rosser’s back-to-back double-doubles (vs. McNeese & Texas A&M-CC) were the first sinceERIK THOMAS accomplished back-to-back double-doubles twice 23 LaDarius Marshall F 6-6 230 Jr. Jackson, Miss. Hinds CC during the 2016-17 season. Rosser ranks third in the league in rebounding 24 Rodney Carson Jr. G 6-3 180 So. Philadelphia, Pa. Combine Academy (7.4) - FIRST AMONG GUARDS AND SECOND OVERALL IN SOUTHLAND 32 Rashad Holmes G 5-11 195 Fr. New Orleans, La. John Curtis HS CONFERENCE GAMES (7.44). Dame has pulled down 10+ rebounds four times this season, tied for third in the league. He also ranks top 10 in the league 33 D’Ante Bell F 6-9 225 Fr. Shreveport, La. Bossier HS in: shooting percentage (50.5%, fourth), scoring (16.2, fifth), and free throw percentage (75.4%, 6th). Rosser always seems to be on the floor,PLAYING 34.68 MINUTES PER GAME - THE MOST IN THE CONFERENCE. Damion COACHES & STAFF was well ahead of everyone in the league in minutes played before the three Head Coach Mark Slessinger Aurora ‘96 10th Season at UNO game postponement. Assistant Coach Jody Bailey Louisville ‘95 5th Season at UNO TURNING THE RECORD BOOKS GREEN Assistant Coach Kris Arkenberg IUPUI ‘09 10th Season at UNO >> TROY GREEN has steadily made his way through the Privateer record Assistant Coach Jay Smith LSU-Alexandria ‘17 2nd Season at UNO books this season. The senior ranks sixth all-time in free throws made (322), Director of Basketball Ops Cory Dixon New Orleans ‘14 2nd Season at UNO ninth in assists (287) and steals (124) . Green became the 24TH MEMBER OF THE 1,000-POINT CLUB in school history when he scored 34 points against Graduate Manager John Curtis Creed Centenary ‘19 2nd Season at UNO Campbell (Dec. 9) and has tallied 1,171 points to date - tied with former teammate Video / Analytics / Internal Ops Bradley Feig New Orleans ‘20 4th Season at UNO BRYSON ROBINSON for 17th in school history. The senior has played in 111 out of 112 possible games in his career - tying with COREY BROWN, JORDAN CRUMP, NATE MILLS AND ARDITH WEARREN for the 16th most games played SPORTS MEDICINE & PERFORMANCE all time. His 34 points against the Camels were the most by a Privateer since Athletic Trainer Nick Holtgreive Ouachita Baptist ‘12 6th Season at UNO CHRISTAVIOUS GILL had 38 in 2016, and the most on a neutral floor sinceBO MCCALEBB tallied 34 in the 2007 Sun Belt Tournament. Green was named Sports Performance Coach Matt Hans Mount. St. Joseph ‘14 1st Sesason at UNO LSWA AND SOUTHLAND PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR DEC. 14 and has scored Sports Performance Intern Beaux Hebert Nicholls ‘15 3rd Season at UNO in double figures in 12 of 16 games this season.FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SEE PAGE 18. “SAINT” HILAIRE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE >> DEREK ST. HILAIRE was a godsend for the Privateers during the first two Kris Arkenberg Ark-en-berg games of the January winning streak.