NICHOLLS COLONELS MEN’S QUICK FACTS

Quick Facts Coaching Staff Location...... Thibodaux, La. Head Coach...... J. P. Piper Founded...... 1948 Alma Mater (Year)...... Southeastern (1991) Enrollment...... 6,814 Record at Nicholls...... 33-82 (Four Years) Nickname...... Colonels Career Record...... Same School Colors...... Red & Gray Office Phone...... (985) 448-4280 Home Court (Capacity)...... Stopher Gym (3,800) Best Time/Day to Reach Coach...... Contact SID

Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Assistant Coach...... Kevin Johnson Conference...... Southland Alma Mater (Year)...... Texas-Pan American (1988) President...... Dr. Stephen T. Hulbert Athletics Director...... Rob Bernardi Assistant Coach...... Will Kellner Associate AD/SWA...... Louise “Do” Bonin Alma Mater (Year)...... Louisiana-Lafayette (2004) Associate AD/Business Manager...... Easton LeBeouf Associate AD/External Affairs...... Ken Berthelot Graduate Assistant Coach...... Joel Weiss Faculty Athletics Representative..Dr. Glenn Antizzo Alma Mater (Year)...... Claremont McKenna (2000)

Athletic Media Relations Support Staff Director...... Brandon Rizzuto Assistant AD/Head Athletic Trainer...... Jeff Smith Office Phone...... (985) 448-4281 Head Strength & Conditioning Coach..Brian Thomas E-Mail...... [email protected] Men’s Basketball Administrative Assistant...... Jean Bourgeois Fax...... (985) 448-4924 Team Information Assistant Director (MBB Contact)... Elizabeth Ballard 2007-08 Overall Record (H/A/N)..... 10-21 (6-5/3-15/1-1) Office Phone...... (985) 448-4282 2007-08 Southland Record (Finish)....5-11 (5th in East) Cell Phone...... (985) 859-3295 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 9/5 E-Mail...... [email protected] Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/1 Fax...... (985) 448-4490 Newcomers...... 6

Mailing Address...... P.O. Box 2032 Media Information Thibodaux, LA 70310 Newspaper...... Daily Comet/Houma Courier Sports Editor...... Brent St. Germain Overnight Address...... Barker Hall E-Mail...... [email protected] Room 147 Address...... P.O. Box 2717 Thibodaux, LA 70310 Houma, LA 70361

Press Row Phone...... (985) 448-4294 Radio...... KLRZ 100.3 FM Website...... www.GeauxColonels.com Play-By-Play...... Brennan Matherne

Program History First Year of Men’s Basketball...... 1958 Overall Record...... 567-743 (.437) Overall Record......

Southland Regular-Season Titles...... 2 (1995 & 1998) Southland Tournament Titles...... 2 (1995 & 1998) NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 2 (1995 & 1998) Last NCAA Tournament Result...... 1998, 99-60 L vs. Arizona (Dayton, Ohio)

1 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2008-09 PLAYER BREAKDOWN

Starters Returning Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% Justin Payne G 5-11 170 Sr. 31/31 5.1 2.1 2.7 .382 .400 .696 Ryan Bathie F 6-6 190 Sr. 31/31 13.6 4.1 2.2 .389 .355 .678 Dominic Friend F/G 6-7 250 So. 31/22 7.6 4.0 2.0 .390 .292 .706 Anatoly Bose G/F 6-6 200 So. 31/12 10.8 4.8 0.8 .448 .383 .851

Returning Players Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% Mike Czepil G 6-2 170 Jr. 13/13 11.6 3.7 2.7 .481 .385 .923 Chris Paige C 6-9 215 Jr. 30/9 1.2 2.2 0.3 .289 .000 .257 K.J. Lee G 6-2 190 So. 4/0 1.0 0.0 0.0 .333 .000 1.000 Kellan Carter G 6-0 180 So. 31/0 1.7 1.4 1.3 .390 .000 .468 Dwight Fusilier G 6-2 190 So. Redshirted

Starters Lost Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% Adonis Gray G 6-2 215 Sr. 29/28 9.4 4.2 1.3 .508 .455 .685

Other Players Lost Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% Gil Verner G 6-1 180 Jr. 31/5 6.2 1.7 1.2 .379 .321 .643 Akins Gaines G/F 6-5 190 So. 3/0 0.7 1.0 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 Mitch Boyce C 6-10 240 So. 28/4 3.9 1.5 0.5 .367 .216 .515 Reggie Shanks G/F 6-4 200 So. 18/0 0.8 1.1 0.1 .292 .200 .000 Ryan Pitre G 6-0 185 Fr. 2/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 Jacob Turnipseed G 5-10 175 Fr. 9/0 1.0 0.4 0.2 .600 .500 .500 Bakari Lewis G 6-1 165 Fr. 7/0 1.9 0.3 0.0 .235 .000 .833 Ben Martin G 6-2 170 Fr. Redshirted

Newcomers Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Chris Iles G 5-11 165 Fr. Houston, Texas/Westbury Christian Kyle Ford G/F 6-6 210 Fr. Whitehouse, Texas/Whitehouse Cameron McCallum F 6-8 240 Fr. Melton South, Australia/Mowbray Fred Hunter G 6-5 240 Fr. Denton, Texas/Denton Cody Worsham G 6-1 190 So. Baton Rouge, La./Loyola Phillip Ward F 6-7 235 Fr. Fresno, Calif./Edison

2 NICHOLLS COLONELS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2008-09 ROSTER

Numerical # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr./Exp. Hometown/Previous School 1 Joshua Johnson F 6-6 195 Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls 2 Chris Iles G 5-11 165 Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Westbury Christian 3 Mike Czepil G 6-2 170 Jr./2L Hoppers Crossing, Australia/Thomas Carr 4 Kyle Ford G/F 6-6 210 Fr./HS Whitehouse, Texas/Whitehouse 5 Justin Payne G 5-11 170 Sr./3L Opelousas, La./Opelousas 11 Dominic Friend F/G 6-7 250 So./1L Geelong, Australia/St. Joseph’s 12 K.J. Lee G 6-2 190 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./Central 13 Cameron McCallum F 6-8 240 Fr./HS Melton South, Australia/Mowbray 20 Fred Hunter G 6-5 240 Fr./HS Denton, Texas/Denton 21 Ryan Bathie F 6-6 190 Sr.3L Melton South, Australia/Mowbray 22 Cody Worsham G 6-1 190 So./TR Baton Rouge, La./Loyola (N.O.) 24 Kellan Carter G 6-0 180 So./1L Fresno, Calif./Edison 31 Anatoly Bose G/F 6-6 200 So./1L Sydney, Australia/Waverly 32 Phillip Ward F 6-7 235 Fr./HS Fresno, Calif./Edison 34 Dwight Fusilier G 6-2 190 So./1L Abbeville, La./Louisiana College 44 Chris Paige C 6-9 215 Jr./2L Pearland, Texas/Pearland

Alphabetical # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr./Exp. Hometown/Previous School 21 Ryan Bathie F 6-6 190 Sr.3L Melton South, Australia/Mowbray 31 Anatoly Bose G/F 6-6 200 So./1L Sydney, Australia/Waverly 24 Kellan Carter G 6-0 180 So./1L Fresno, Calif./Edison 3 Mike Czepil G 6-2 170 Jr./2L Hoppers Crossing, Australia/Thomas Carr 4 Kyle Ford G/F 6-6 210 Fr./HS Whitehouse, Texas/Whitehouse 11 Dominic Friend F/G 6-7 250 So./1L Geelong, Australia/St. Joseph’s 34 Dwight Fusilier G 6-2 190 So./1L Abbeville, La./Louisiana College 20 Fred Hunter G 6-5 240 Fr./HS Denton, Texas/Denton 2 Chris Iles G 5-11 165 Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Westbury Christian 1 Joshua Johnson F 6-6 195 Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls 12 K.J. Lee G 6-2 190 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./Central 13 Cameron McCallum F 6-8 240 Fr./HS Melton South, Australia/Mowbray 44 Chris Paige C 6-9 215 Jr./2L Pearland, Texas/Pearland 5 Justin Payne G 5-11 170 Sr./3L Opelousas, La./Opelousas 32 Phillip Ward F 6-7 235 Fr./HS Fresno, Calif./Edison 22 Cody Worsham G 6-1 190 So./TR Baton Rouge, La./Loyola (N.O.)

Head Coach: J.P. Piper Assistant Coach: Kevin Johnson Assistant Coach: Graduate Assistant: Joel Weiss Manager: Taylor Griffin

3 NICHOLLS COLONELS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2008-09 SCHEDULE

Day Date Opponent Location Time Fri. Nov. 12 St. Edward’s (Exhibition) Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Wed. Nov. 19 New Orleans Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Sat. Nov. 22 at Tulane New Orleans, La. TBA Fri. Nov. 28 at Illinois State% Normal, Ill. 6 p.m. Sat. Nov. 29 vs. California-Santa Barbara% Normal, Ill. 8 p.m. Sun. Nov. 30 vs. Winston-Salem State% Normal, Ill. 1 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 6 Southern Thibodaux 3 p.m. Wed. Dec. 10 Huston Tillotson Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Sat. Dec. 13 at Southern Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. Mon. Dec. 15 Dillard Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Wed. Dec. 17 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. 7 p.m. Mon. Dec. 22 vs. Mississippi State Jackson, Miss. 7 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 3 Mississippi Oxford, Miss. 2 p.m. Tues. Jan. 5 Southern-New Orleans Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Sat. Jan. 10 at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. 4 p.m. Wed. Jan. 14 Texas-San Antonio* Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Sat. Jan. 17 at Stephen F. Austin* Nacogdoches, Texas TBA Wed. Jan. 21 Central Arkansas* Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Sat. Jan. 24 Northwestern State* Thibodaux 3 p.m. Wed. Jan. 28 at McNeese State* Lake Charles, La. 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 31 at Southeastern Louisiana* Hammond, La. 3 p.m.

Wed. Feb. 4 Stephen F. Austin* Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* Thibodaux 3 p.m. Wed. Feb. 11 at Sam Houston State* Huntsville, Texas 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 14 Southeastern* Thibodaux 3 p.m. Sat. Feb. 21 at Texas State* San Marcos, Texas 4 p.m. Wed. Feb. 25 at Central Arkansas* Conway, Ark. 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 28 McNeese State* Thibodaux 5 p.m.

Wed. March 4 Texas Arlington* Thibodaux 6:30 p.m. Sat. March 7 at Lamar* Beaumont, Texas 7:05 p.m. Wed. March 11 SLC Tournament - First Round Katy, Texas TBA Fri. March 13 SLC Tournament - SemiFinals Katy, Texas TBA Sun. March 15 SLC Tournament - Championship Katy, Texas TBA

% - Chicago Invitational (Normal, Ill.) * - Southland Conference

4 NICHOLLS COLONELS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2007-08 FINAL STATISTICS

Record: Overall Home Away Neutral All Games 10-21 6-5 3-15 1-1 Conference 5-11 3-5 2-6 0-0 Non-Conference 5-10 3-0 1-9 1-1

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP-GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 00 Gaines, Akins 3-0 7 2.3 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 3 3 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.7 03 Czepil, Michael 13-13 401 30.8 51 106 .481 25 65 .385 24 26 .923 14 34 48 3.7 22 0 35 35 2 20 151 11.6 05 Payne, Justin 31-31 799 25.8 50 131 .382 20 50 .400 39 56 .696 10 55 65 2.1 106 7 83 73 3 24 159 5.1 10 Turnipseed, Jacob 9-0 23 2.6 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 2 4 .500 1 3 4 0.4 5 0 2 2 0 2 9 1.0 11 Friend, Dominic 31-22 856 27.6 83 213 .390 21 72 .292 48 68 .706 37 88 125 4.0 77 3 61 73 9 23 235 7.6 12 Lee, KJ 4-0 11 2.8 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0 13 Boyce, Mitch 28-4 301 10.8 40 109 .367 11 51 .216 17 33 .515 18 25 43 1.5 35 0 13 19 10 11 108 3.9 14 Lewis, Bakari 7-0 37 5.3 4 17 .235 0 9 .000 5 6 .833 1 1 2 0.3 7 0 0 7 0 3 13 1.9 20 Gray, Adonis 29-28 702 24.2 96 189 .508 5 11 .455 76 111 .685 55 67 122 4.2 60 1 38 60 6 21 273 9.4 21 Bathie, Ryan 31-31 893 28.8 140 360 .389 81 228 .355 61 90 .678 32 95 127 4.1 78 1 68 84 12 29 422 13.6 22 Shanks, Reggie 18-0 115 6.4 7 24 .292 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 5 15 20 1.1 17 0 2 13 0 3 15 0.8 23 Verner, Gil 31-5 561 18.1 66 174 .379 42 131 .321 18 28 .643 22 32 54 1.7 44 0 37 40 3 45 192 6.2 24 Carter, Kellan 31-0 492 15.9 16 41 .390 0 0 .000 22 47 .468 11 31 42 1.4 66 0 39 33 3 31 54 1.7 31 Bose, Anatoly 31-12 765 24.7 113 252 .448 46 120 .383 63 74 .851 50 100 150 4.8 58 1 25 66 4 31 335 10.8 34 Pitre, Ryan 2-0 2 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 44 Paige, Chris 30-9 360 12.0 13 45 .289 0 0 .000 9 35 .257 23 42 65 2.2 52 1 10 35 9 8 35 1.2 TM Team...... 54 61 115 3.7 1 2 Total...... 31 684 1670 .410 253 746 .339 386 582 .663 333 652 985 31.8 634 14 413 545 61 251 2007 64.7 Opponents...... 31 724 1603 .452 248 665 .373 468 689 .679 352 759 1111 35.8 580 - 422 582 121 233 2164 69.8

Score By Periods: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Deadball Rebounds: Off Def Total Nicholls Colonels 896 1068 34 9 2007 Nicholls 65 20 85 Opponents 1020 1099 34 11 2164 Opponents 74 22 96

Date Time Opponent Score Attend High Points High Rebounds 11/9 7 p.m. at Florida State 58-81 L 7373 (14)Bathie, Ryan (7)Bathie, Ryan 11/13 8 p.m. HUSTON-TILLOTSON W 92-55 687 (24)Czepil, Michael (7)Bathie, Ryan 11/16 7 p.m. at Tulane 51-73 L 1935 (16)Czepil, Michael (7)Gray, Adonis 11/19 7:30 p.m. at California 62-74 L 7370 (17)Bathie, Ryan (6)Bose, Anatoly 11/21 7 p.m. at UC Davis 67-69 L 417 (15)Czepil, Michael (7)Friend, Dominic (7)Bose, Anatoly 11/24 1:05 p.m. at Saint Mary’s (CA) 63-84 L 1797 (13)Czepil, Michael (4)Friend, Dominic (13)Gray, Adonis (4)Bose, Anatoly 11/28 7 p.m. at LSU 41-68 L 7704 (11)Bathie, Ryan (5)Gray, Adonis 12/1 7 p.m. at New Orleans W 75-60 506 (18)Bathie, Ryan (10)Czepil, Michael 12/8 noon at Alabama 53-91 L 8813 (11)Friend, Dominic (5)Boyce, Mitch (5)Bose, Anatoly 12/11 6:30 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe W 78-65 169 (17)Gray, Adonis (7)Friend, Dominic 12/15 3 p.m. LIPSCOMB W 72-60 88 (17)Verner, Gil (9)Gray, Adonis 12/19 9 p.m. at North Carolina 78-88 L 17706 (17)Bathie, Ryan (7)Gray, Adonis 12/28 5 p.m. vs Minnesota# 32-77 L (10)Czepil, Michael (4)Gray, Adonis (4)Friend, Dominic 12/29 7:30 p.m. at UNLV# 42-64 L 10317 (17)Bose, Anatoly (8)Paige, Chris 12/30 1:30 p.m. vs Kennesaw State# W 84-68 (22)Bathie, Ryan (8)Friend, Dominic 1/10 6:30 p.m. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN* W 58-57 (OT) 310 (17)Bose, Anatoly (6)Bathie, Ryan 1/12 7 p.m. at SAM HOUSTON ST* 51-61 L 1161 (10)Bose, Anatoly (7)Bose, Anatoly 1/17 7 p.m. at Texas Arlington* 60-69 L 826 (27)Bathie, Ryan (7)Gray, Adonis 1/19 4 p.m. at Texas State* 84-93 L 2124 (16)Bose, Anatoly (11)Friend, Dominic 1/26 4 p.m. SOUTHEASTERN LA.* 66-80 L 525 (18)Bathie, Ryan (4)Bathie, Ryan 1/31 6:30 p.m. at Northwestern State* 67-70 L 1511 (16)Bathie, Ryan (9)Bathie, Ryan 2/2 5 p.m. CENTRAL ARKANSAS* 96-98 L (OT) 492 (25)Gray, Adonis (8)Bose, Anatoly 2/7 6:30 p.m. LAMAR* 68-72 L (OT) 488 (22)Bathie, Ryan (9)Bose, Anatoly 2/9 3 p.m. at McNeese State* W 74-71 (OT) 1502 (19)Bathie, Ryan (7)Shanks, Reggie 2/14 6:30 p.m. TEXAS A&M-CC* 47-50 L 357 (10)Bose, Anatoly (5)Gray, Adonis (10)Gray, Adonis 2/16 5 p.m. TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO* 52-54 L 484 (11)Bathie, Ryan (7)Gray, Adonis 2/23 4:00 p.m. at Southeastern La.* 52-54 L 1196 (13)Bose, Anatoly (7)Bathie, Ryan 2/28 6:30 p.m. NORTHWESTERN STATE* W 82-60 498 (25)Bathie, Ryan (11)Bose, Anatoly 3/1 6 p.m. at Central Arkansas* W 60-51 1557 (19)Bathie, Ryan (10)Friend, Dominic 3/6 7:05 p.m. at Lamar* 67-84 L 4512 (18)Bose, Anatoly (6)Bose, Anatoly 3/8 5 p.m. MCNEESE STATE* W 75-63 456 (19)Gray, Adonis (6)Bose, Anatoly 5