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2020-2021 SCHEDULE NEW ORLEANS BASKETBALL ALL TIMES CENTRAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE OVERALL 0-1 | SOUTHLAND 0-0 2020-2021 GAME NOTES HOME 0-0 | AWAY 0-1 | NEUTRAL 0-0 FOLLOW US! /PrivateersMBB @PrivateersMBB @privateersmbb NOVEMBER (0-1) 26 @ BYU L, 61-86 Contact Kelvin Queliz Email [email protected] Phone (917) 683-6517 27 @ Utah Canceled 29 @ Texas A&M 2:00 P.M. NEW ORLEANS GAME 2 -TEXAS A&M NEXT UP: LOUISIANA DECEMBER (0-0) 2 Louisiana 7:00 P.M. 8 vs. Florida National^ 1:30 P.M. 9 vs. Campbell^ 1:30 P.M. 10 @ Jacksonville^ 4:00 P.M. 15 @ Louisiana TBA 16 @ LSU 8:00 P.M. 28 Dillard 7:00 P.M. RECORD 0-1, 0-0 SLC RECORD 0-0, 0-0 SEC RECORD JANUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) 0-0, 0-0 SBC 2 @ Stephen F. Austin* TBD 6 @ Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 9 UIW* 6:00 P.M. Mark Slessinger 10th Season Buzz Williams 2nd Season WHEN / WHERE >> Wednesday, December 2 16 McNeese* 6:00 P.M. Aurora ‘96 Oklahoma City ‘94 20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. >> Lakefront Arena 23 @ Nicholls* 5:00 P.M. >> New Orleans, La. CAREER RECORD CAREER RECORD 27 @ Northwestern State* 6:30 P.M. >> 7:00 P.M. Overall 146-174 Overall 268-169 30 @ Southeastern* 4:00 P.M. at UNO 121-151 at Texas A&M 16-14 vs. SLC 61-67 vs. SEC 10-8 TV / STREAMING FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) vs. TEXAS A&M 0-1 Privateer Sports Network 6 Stephen F. Austin* 6:00 P.M. 10 Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. ALL-TIME SERIES 13 @ UIW* 6:30 P.M. UNO leads 2-1. Texas A&M won 20 @ McNeese* TBD the last meeting in 2014. 24 @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. For more information on the all-time series see page three. 27 Nicholls* 6:00 P.M. MARCH (0-0, 0-0 SLC) TIPOFF 3 Northwestern State* 6:00 P.M. >> Despite traveling 1,700 miles for their season opener, the Privateers appeared the fresher team and forced 18 6 Southeastern* 7:00 P.M. 10-13 Southland Tournament* 6:00 P.M. BYU turnovers in the season opener on Thanksgivng. The defensive effort allowed the undersized Privateers to remain competitive in Provo before falling 86-61. Returning to action for the first time in three days shy of a year, ^ BSN Sports Dolphin Classic senior guard led the way for the Privateers with 15 points and nine rebounds. Fellow senior DAMION ROSSER * Southland Conference Game and New Orleans native LAMONT BERZAT had 15 points as well, and hit from all three of his shots beyond the arc. TROY GREEN moved into 10th all-time in made free throws in school history (280) after shooting 4-6 from the charity stripe. >> For the first time ever the combination ofDAMION ROSSER, LAMONT BERZAT, TROY GREEN, AHREN FREEMAN AND JAHMEL MYERS started together in the season opener. Five Privateers made their debut off the bench, COVERAGE INFORMATION including: DEREK ST. HILIAIRE (20 minutes), LADARIUS MARSHALL (18 minutes), KMANI DOUGHTY (11 minutes), TELEVISION None BOL TONG (4 minutes) and JAY RODGERS (3 minutes). >> New Orleans was picked to finish eighth in the Southland preseason poll following an injury-riddled season which STREAMING SEC Network+ forced Coach Sless to field 15 different starting lineup combinations. Starting guard DAMION ROSSER returns Play-by-Play TBA after playing seven games due to injury 2019-2020. Senior guard TROY GREEN was selected to the preseason Analyst TBA second-team - his first preseason All-Southland selection. Reporter TBA >> New Orleans returns six lettermen from last year’s squad. Gone are Raquan Brown, Gerrale Gates, Jaylen Key, RADIO NASH 106.1 FM / TuneIn App Bryson Robinson and Bol Riek, who together accounted for 43% of last season’s minutes, 48% percent of last Play-by-Play Jude Young season’s scoring, 43% of last season’s rebounds, 46% of last season’s field goals, and 53% of last year’s blocks. Newcomers to the roster include freshmen D’ANTE BELL, RASHAD HOLMES, JAY RODGERS, NORRIS WILLIAMS. LIVE STATS 12thman.com Junior transfers TAMIR BYNUM (Prairie View A&M), LADARIUS MARSHALL (Hinds CC), BOL TONG (Hill JC) and graduate student round out the 2020-2021 squad. and return DEREK ST. HILAIRE TROY GREEN JAHMEL MYERS TWITTER @PrivateersMBB as starters after combining for 22.4 points per game last season. Updated Coverage Information can be found on UNOPrivateers.com or on Twitter at @PrivateersMBB PROJECTED STARTING FIVE (BASED ON LAST GAME) DAMION ROSSER LAMONT BERZAT TROY GREEN JAHMEL MYERS AHREN FREEMAN #1 GUARD #2 GUARD #3 GUARD #4 FORWARD #11 FORWARD POINTS 15.0 POINTS 15 POINTS 8 POINTS 4.0 POINTS 4.0 REBOUNDS 9.0 REBOUNDS 1.0 REBOUNDS 4.0 REBOUNDS 0.0 REBOUNDS 4.0 STEALS 2.0 STEALS 2.0 STEALS 0.0 STEALS 1.0 STEALS 0.0 ASSISTS 3.7 ASSISTS 2.0 ASSISTS 2.0 ASSISTS 1.0 ASSISTS 2.0 MINUTES 31.0 MINUTES 28.0 MINUTES 23 MINUTES 15.0 MINUTES 22.0 >> 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 RECORD CHASING TROY 5 Charles Bohannon G 6-0 205 Sr. Austin, Texas Jack C. Hays HS >> Preseason All-Southland selection TROY GREEN has made his way 10 Derek St. Hilaire G 5-11 180 Gr. Atlanta, Ga. Jacksonville State up the school record books in several catagories. With four made 11 Ahren Freeman F 6-6 235 So. Orange Park, Fla. Providence School of Jacksonville free throws in the season opener, he now ranks 10th in all time (280) 12 Norris Williams G 6-2 165 Fr. New Orleans, La. Archbishop Hannan HS in that category. The St. Rose native sits just outside the top 10 in 13 Kmani Doughty G 6-5 195 R-Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Florida Prep points (951), assists (252), steals (105), and games played (96). He is 15 Tamir Bynum G 6-2 160 Jr. Houston, Texas Prairie View A&M 49 points away from becoming the 24th member of the 1,000 point 20 Larry Robinson III G 5-11 175 R-Sr. Bossier City, La. Southern University (Shreveport) club in school history. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PAGE 18. 21 Bol Tong F 6-9 215 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Hill JC 23 LaDarius Marshall F 6-6 230 Jr. Jackson, Miss. Hinds CC EVERGREEN 24 Rodney Carson Jr. G 6-3 180 So. Philadelphia, Pa. Combine Academy >> TROY GREEN is the only returner to appear in all 30 games last 32 Rashad Holmes G 5-11 195 Fr. New Orleans, La. John Curtis HS season as the injury-riddled Privateers were forced to mix and match 33 D’Ante Bell F 6-9 225 Fr. Shreveport, La. Bossier HS rotations throughout lasy season year. Green has appeared in 51 straight games - missing just one game two seasons ago at Baylor COACHES & STAFF - and 95 out of 96 possible games in his career. Head Coach Mark Slessinger Aurora ‘96 10th Season at UNO Assistant Coach Jody Bailey Louisville ‘95 5th Season at UNO Assistant Coach Kris Arkenberg IUPUI ‘09 10th Season at UNO COACH MONT Assistant Coach Jay Smith LSU-Alexandria ‘17 2nd Season at UNO >> One of the smallest Div I. players in the country, 5-6 LAMONT Director of Basketball Ops Cory Dixon New Orleans ‘14 2nd Season at UNO BERZAT has made his mark both on the court (79 appearances, 33 Graduate Manager John Curtis Creed Centenary ‘19 2nd Season at UNO starts) and from the bench, where he’s a vocal leader and extension Video / Analytics / Internal Ops Bradley Feig New Orleans ‘20 4th Season at UNO of the coaching staff. SPORTS MEDICINE & PERFORMANCE EVERYONE’S A STARTER Athletic Trainer Nick Holtgreive Ouachita Baptist ‘12 6th Season at UNO >> Every letterwinner returning from last season started at least two Sports Performance Coach Matt Hans Mount. St. Joseph ‘14 1st Sesason at UNO games in their Privateer career Sports Performance Intern Beaux Hebert Nicholls ‘15 3rd Season at UNO - Troy Green 51 - Damion Rosser 46 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE - Lamont Berzat 33 Kris Arkenberg Ark-en-berg - Jahmel Myers 25 D’Ante Bell Dee-Anh-tay - Ahren Freeman 23 Lamont Berzat Lah-mont Bur-zaht - Rodney Carson Jr. 5 Tamir Bynum Ta-meer Bye-num - Charles Bohannon 4 Rashad Holmes Rah-shad Jahmel Myers Jah-mel REKINDLING OLD ACQUAINTANCES Ahren Freeman Aaron >> The Privateers will be reunited with former coach BUZZ WILLIAMS Kmani Doughty Kah-mah-knee Dow-ty in College Station. Williams went 14-17 (9-9 Sun Belt) in his sole Damion Rosser Ross-er season on the Lakefront and reached the Sun Belt Conference Mark Slessinger Sless-in-jer quarterfinals before resigning to take an assistant coaching job Derek St. Hilaire Saint Hill-air at Marquette after the 2006-2007 season. Aggie assistant JAMIE MCNEILLY played for the Privateers between 2004-2007, and was named All-Sun Belt after averaging 16.9 points per game his CLASSIFICATION senior season.