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NORTHWESTERN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001, 2006, 2013 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2001 • 2006 • 2013 CIT Appearance: 2015 Jason Pugh, Assistant AD for Media Relations • Office: 318-357-6467 • Cell: 318-663-5701 • [email protected] • @JasonSPugh NSUDemons.com • /forkemdemons • @NSUDemons (Department) • @NSUDemonsMBB (Men’s Basketball) • Press Row: 318-357-4544 at No. 1 Gonzaga Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 • 8 p.m. (CST) 10 Spokane, Wash. • McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) 2020-21 SCHEDULE MATCHUP November Northwestern State No. 1 Gonzaga 25 at No. 14 Texas Tech L, 101-58 Demons Zags 28 #vs. UT Arlington L, 80-71 2020-21 Record: 1-8 2020-21 Record: 5-0 29 at Louisiana Tech L, 91-77 Head Coach: Mike McConathy Head Coach: Mark Few Career Record: 663-503 (38th season) Career Record: 604-124 (22nd season) December Northwestern State Record: 311-344 (22nd season) Gonzaga Record: 604-124 (22nd season) 3 at TCU L, 74-68 Record vs. Gonzaga: 0-1 6 ULM L, 92-83 (OT) 12 CHAMPION CHRISTIAN W, 77-44 RADIO 18 at Tulsa L, 82-55 Demon Sports Network (95.9 Kix Country, NSUDemons.com) 19 at Missouri State L, 94-67 21 at No. 1 Gonzaga L, 95-57 PxP: Patrick Netherton 22 at No. 1 Gonzaga 8 p.m. 23 at Washington State 4 p.m. TIPOFF • The Northwestern State men’s basketball team caps a two-game series against the top-ranked team in the January 2 *at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. country, facing Gonzaga for the second time in as many days. 6 *INCARNATE WORD 6:30 p.m. • Freshman Carvell Teasett has scored in double figures in four straight games, leading NSU in scoring in each 9 *at McNeese 3 p.m. of those contests. 13 *NICHOLLS 6 :30 p.m. • Tonight’s game marks the third time this season Northwestern State has played games on back-to-back days 20 *at Stephen F. Austin TBA and the second time it has happened on this road trip. 23 *at Southeastern Louisiana 4 p.m. 27 *NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. • Tonight’s game is the third of the season for the Demons against a ranked team, marking the first time NSU 30 *at Central Arkansas 4 p.m. has played that many games against Top 25 teams since the 2004-05 season. • The most recent time the Demons faced the same team in back-to-back games came March 3 and March 7, February 2006, when NSU defeated UTSA in its regular-season finale and in the Southland Conference Tournament. 6 *HOUSTON BAPTIST 3 p.m. 10 *at Incarnate Word 7 p.m. 13 *McNEESE 7 p.m. SCOUTING GONZAGA 17 *at Nicholls 7 p.m. • Gonzaga has yet to score less than 87 points in a game this season. 24 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 6:30 p.m. • Corey Kispert’s 25 points against Northwestern State on Monday were a season high. 27 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 3 p.m. • The Zags own the nation’s longest home-court winning streak, extending it to 40 in Monday night’s win March against Northwestern State. 3 *at New Orleans 7 p.m. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 6 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS 1 p.m. 9-13 Southland Conference Tournament TBA * Southland Conference Game # at Ruston, La. BOLD - Home Game All times Central C.J. Trenton Jairus Jamaure Larry JONES MASSNER ROBERSON GREGG OWENS G • Sr. • 5-10 • 161 G • Jr. • 6-2 • 170 G • Sr. • 6-2 • 176 F • Sr. • 6-7 • 232 F • Sr. • 6-7 • 300 GP/GS ................................. 9/9 GP/GS ................................. 7/7 GP/GS ................................. 9/9 GP/GS ................................. 9/9 GP/GS ................................. 9/7 PPG .....................................2.4 PPG ...................................10.6 PPG ...................................10.9 PPG .....................................9.7 PPG .....................................2.6 RBD .....................................1.7 RBD .....................................4.0 RBD .....................................1.7 RBD .....................................4.9 RBD .....................................2.3 AST ......................................2.9 AST ......................................2.0 AST ......................................1.1 AST ......................................0.4 AST ......................................0.6 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.6 BLK......................................0.1 BLK......................................0.1 BLK......................................0.0 STL ......................................0.3 STL ......................................1.3 STL ......................................1.0 STL ......................................0.3 STL ......................................0.9 MIN ...................................17.3 MIN ...................................23.8 MIN ...................................24.4 MIN ...................................22.4 MIN ...................................11.7 Game 10 • at No. 1 Gonzaga • Dec. 22, 2020 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION NORTHWESTERN STATE ROSTER Name: Northwestern State # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown/Previous School Founded: 1884, as Louisiana Normal 0 C.J. Jones G 5-10 161 Sr.-3L Monroe, La./Wossman HS Location: Natchitoches, La. 1 LaTerrance Reed G 6-2 190 Sr.-1L Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius HS (Niagara County CC) Enrollment: 11,447 Nickname: Demons 2 John Norvel G 6-2 170 Sr.-2L Slidell, La./Salmen HS (LSU-Alexandria) Colors: Purple, White, and orange trim 3 Brian White G 5-6 164 Jr.-2L Natchitoches, La./Natchitoches Central HS Print Specs: Purple (492f92)/Orange (f78426) 4 Kendal Coleman C 6-8 220 Fr.-HS Shreveport, La./Captain Shreve HS Affiliation: NCAA Division I, Southland Conference 10 Jairus Roberson G 6-2 178 Sr.-1L Dallas, Texas/ DeSoto HS (Trinity Valley CC) President: Dr. Chris Maggio Director of Athletics: Greg Burke 11 Jamaure Gregg F 6-7 225 Sr.-1L Honolulu, Hawaii /Americas HS (Cochise College) 12 Carvel Teasett G 6-1 190 Fr.-HS Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville HS TEAM INFORMATION 13 Jordan Potts G 6-3 175 Jr.-TR Bothell, Wash./Bothell HS(Eastern Wyoming CC) 2019-20 Overall Record: 15-15 15 Jovan Zelenbaba G 6-4 177 So.-1L Kfar Blum, Israel/Combine Academy 2019-20 Southland Record/Finish: 11-9/T-4th 30 Trenton Massner G 6-2 170 Jr.-1L Wapello, Iowa/Wapello HS (Southeastern CC) 2019-20 Postseaon: Won 1st round SLC Tournament before COVID-19 Letterman Returning/Lost: 11/4 32 Larry Owens C 6-7 300 Sr.-3L Monroe, La./Carroll HS Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 34 Robert Chougkaz F 6-9 195 So.-1L Athens, Greece/Paracharalampio Private School -Starters Returning: 35 Dalin Williams F 6-9 220 Jr.-2L Stinnett, Texas/West Texas HS • Trenton Massner (27-24, 9.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.1 apg) • C.J. Jones (29-19, 3.7 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 2.1 apg) Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977), 22nd season • Larry Owens (30-15, 4.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 53% FG) Associate Head Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995), 15th season -Starters Lost: 2 • Chudier Bile (28-23, 14.3 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 41 BLK) Assistant Coach: Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1985), 10th season, 3rd since 2006 • Nikos Chougkaz (29-23, 9.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 29 STL) Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007), 14th season Newcomers: 3 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE First Year of Basketball: 1912-13 Joined Southland Conference: 1987-88 Robert CHOUGKAZ - Who-goss DALIN Williams - DAY-lin All-Time Record: 1,440-1,189 JAMAURE Gregg - Juh-mar-ee JOVAN ZELENBABA - Yo-vahn Zell-in-bah-buh Southland Conference Record/Years: 267-293/33 Mike MCCONATHY - McCON-uh-thee NATCHITOCHES, LA - NACK-uh-dish Southland Conference Titles: 2 (2004-05, 2005-06) John NORVEL - NOR-vell PRATHER Coliseum - PRAY-thur Southland Tournament Titles: 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) NCAA Appearances: 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) KFAR BLUM, Israel - Kuh-far Bloom WAPELLO, Iowa - WOP-uh-lo NIT Appeanances: 0 JAIRUS ROBERSON - Jy-russ ROW-ber-son Jacob SPIELBAUER - SPEEL-bow-er CIT Appearances: 1 (2015) COACHING INFORMATION THE SERIES WITH GONZAGA Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977) Tonight’s meeting is the second of back-to-back games between Northwestern State and Gonzaga with the Zags Overall Coaching Record/Years: 662-495/37 taking game one Monday, 95-57. That matchup was the first meeting between the schools. NSU Coaching Record/Years: 310-336/21 Associate Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995) DEMONS HAVE BRIEF HISTORY VS. AP NO. 1S Assistant Coach: Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1985) Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007) Tonight’s game marks the first time in almost 16 years for Northwestern State to face the No. 1 team in the Associated Player Development Coordinator: Blake Cochran (McMurry, 2016) Press Top 25. The last meeting came Dec. 30, 2004, against Illinois in a neutral-site game in Las Vegas as the Demons fell Special Asst. to the Head Coach: Johnnie Cox to the Fighting Illini, 69-51. Aside from men’s basketball, Northwestern State has faced the country’s top-ranked team in Graduate Manager: Jordan Luna (Texas A&M, 2017) baseball and in FCS football. Graduate Manager: Travis Allen (Grand Canyon, 2020) Graduate Manager: Justin Tucek (Emporia State, 2020) Graduate Manager: KC Henry (Wyoming, 2020) FEW HAVE LED ANY DEMONS LONGER THAN McCONATHY Athletic Trainer: Zachery Standiford (UL Lafayette, 2020) Head coach Mike McConathy is in his 22nd season at Northwestern State, making him one of nine active Division I coaches with 22 or more seasons at their current programs. McConathy joins Gonzaga’s Mark Few, Michigan State’s Tom SPORTS INFORMATION Director: Jason Pugh (MBB Contact) Izzo, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, Davidson’s Bob McKillop, Lafayette’s Fran O’Hanlon, Oakland’s Greg Assistant Directors: Matt Vines; Brad Welborn Kampe and Yale’s James Jones in the 22-and-up club. Adminisrative Assistant: Ronnette Pellegrin Furtherrmore, McConathy’s lenghty tenure is moving him up on Northwestern State’s list of longest-serving head coach- Office Phone: (318) 357-6467 es, regardless of sport. McConathy’s 22-year career puts him behind H. Lee Prather (36 seasons) among Demon basketball Pugh’s Cell: (318) 663-5701 coaches and equals football coach and NSU football stadium namesake Harry “Rags” Turpin’s 22-year career.