2012-13 SEASON PREVIEW The men’s basketball team continued its improvement during the 2011-2012 basketball campaign. After finishing 10-15 in 2009 and 13-14 in 2010-2011, St. Thomas completed last season with their first winning season and overall record of 18-13. UST’s first season as a member of the Red River Athletic Conference, the Celts finished 16-8 in the RRAC, tied for fourth with Southwestern Assemblies of God University. Todd The goal for the 2012-13 team is to advance their conference and overall records and qualify for the 2013 National Association for Intercollegiate Smith Athletics National Tournament in Kansas City, MO, this March. With eight lettermen returning from 2011-2012 and two from 2010-11, it is a very Head Coach attainable goal. The 2011-12 campaign started off quickly with an 80-75 conference victory at Langston University. The Celts immediately returned home for their first home win of the season, 58-49 over Wayland Baptist University. After Head Coach Todd Smith begins his fourth season on the sidelines with an starting off 2-0, UST had its only three-game losing streak of the season experienced and tough team. Smith’s overall record is 41-42, but he has led when it faced a very tough stretch against St. Edward’s University, Oklahoma City University and Lubbock Christian University. The Celts once again the Celts to improved records every year. Smith challenges himself to continue defeated nationally-ranked Texas Wesleyan University 79-58 in the Jerabeck to improve and lead the team to a Red River Athletic Conference Activity and Athletic Center. Championship. Late January brought on the team’s best basketball when it won four straight “I have been blessed in my first three years as the coach at UST,” Smith versus SAGU, The University of the Southwest, Huston-Tillotson University said. “The first group of young men who joined us in 2009-10 were and still and Langston. Once again, UST played the Rice University Owls tough at Tudor are committed to building a winning program on and off the court. This will Fieldhouse but could not pull off the upset, and Rice eventually won 81-67. be the first graduating class to have been at UST for four years and they The season came to an abrupt end when SAGU beat UST 67-60 in have worked extremely hard to help build a long-term foundation.” Waxahachie, Texas, in the RRAC Tournament Quarterfinals. St. Thomas finished seventh in the country in assist/turnover margin and 11th in assists After leading the team to 10-15 and 13-14 records, the Celts finally broke per game with 16 assists per game. through and finished above .500 at 18-13 last season. For the second year in a row, the Celts finished in the Top 20 in Points Allowed per game by only surrendering 65 points a contest. Assists don’t come without buckets, and UST could really shoot the three, knocking down 237 on the season, which was 19th in the nation. Thomas St. Thomas loses the leadership and scoring of last year’s seniors Jeremy Henderson Lewis and Anthony Medina. However, the returning players are ready to make their mark on the upcoming season. Assistant Coach Point guard Travis Lampley returns for his senior season after being named Honorable Mention All-American as a junior. Lampley was fourth nationally with 6.8 assists per game and his 212 for the season placed him fifth for total assists. Seniors Caleb Williams, Andrew Graves and Adrian Morales Thomas Henderson, a high school basketball coach for 10 years, will begin were all threats to score big on any given night. They will continue to make his first season as an assistant coach for the UST men’s basketball team. His big plays for UST in 2012-2013. Senior Barrett Lauer started all 31 games first time coaching at the college level, Henderson is looking forward to and was consistent throughout last year. Lauer finished last season with only working with college athletes. 15 turnovers in 600 minutes. With only one losing season on record, Henderson was the head coach for RRAC Freshman of the Year Deric Dudley chipped in 5 ppg and will be five years at John H. Reagan High School in Houston. He was integral in counted on to pick up some scoring as a sophomore. Henoc Jean, a redshirt taking the Bulldogs from a 10-20 record to four winning seasons and four junior, has improved every year and will be looked at for increased minutes state playoff appearances. He was awarded Coach of the Year for the 2011- and points. Junior Nate McAnelly is a terrific scorer shooting 58 percent from the floor. Two student-athletes who redshirted but will gain substantial 2012 season. A defensive-minded coach, Henderson uses defense as a tool minutes are juniors Bryan Kaase and Patrick Graves. Both were major to reach athletes on multiple levels. contributors in 2010-11, with Kaase starting every game and Graves as one “Defense creates mental toughness and comradery among the guys,” of the best shooters in the UST program. Henderson said. “It teaches success and gives them tools to face adversity. Newcomers are freshman guards Sean Edwards, Dante Maxwell and junior Those guys seem like they are already a family, and they welcomed me with forward Ian Davis. open arms.” The 2012-13 UST Celts are looking to continue their progress. In only their Henderson graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, in fourth year on the court, the Celts want one thing: a ticket to Kansas City, MO. 2002. He earned a master’s in educational administration from Concordia University in 2012. He taught history, health and physical education during his time as a high school coach. Jessica Domann Shusaku Hayashi The University of St. Thomas is a member of the Director of Red River Athletic Conference. Other RRAC members are: Recreational Sports, Athletic Bacone College, Huston-Tillotson University, Jarvis Christian College, Athletics Senior Langston University, Louisiana State University-Shreveport, Woman Administrator Trainer Northwood University, Our Lady of the Lake University, Paul Quinn College, Southwest Assemblies of God University, Texas College, Texas Wesleyan University, University of Texas-Brownsville, University of the Southwest and Wiley College. 2012-13 CELTS BASKETBALL #0 Barrett Lauer #1 Sean Edwards #3 Dante Maxwell #5 Travis Lampley #12 Adrian Morales #13 Deric Dudley #20 Patrick Graves #22 Bryan Kaase #32 Nate McAnelly #33 Caleb Williams #40 Ian Davis #42 Andrew Graves #44 Henoc Jean #50 Ramy Mahfouz 2012-13 CELTS ROSTER NO. NAME POS. CLASS HT. HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE 0 Barrett Lauer Guard Sr. 6'3" Montgomery HS 1 Sean Edwards Guard Fr. 5'8" Waltrip HS 3 Dante Maxwell Guard Fr. 5'8" Corpus Christi King HS 5 Travis Lampley Guard Sr. 5'11" Reagan HS 12 Adrian Morales Guard Sr. 5'9" Deer Park/San Jacinto 13 Deric Dudley Guard So. 6'3" Elkins HS 20 Patrick Graves Forward Sr. 6'5" Liberty Hill HS 22 Bryan Kaase Forward Sr. 6'4" Klein Collins HS 32 Nate McAnelly Forward Jr. 6'6" Bridge City HS 33 Caleb Williams Forward Sr. 6'5" Bush HS 40 Ian Davis Forward Jr. 6'7" Clear Creek HS/UCLA/San Jacinto 42 Andrew Graves Forward Sr. 6'7" Liberty Hill HS/Austin CC 44 Henoc Jean Forward Jr. 6'6" Elkins HS 50 Ramy Mahfouz Forward Jr. 6'6" Mount Olive/Cairo, Egypt 2011-12 SEASON RESULTS & STATS DATE OPPONENT LOCATION SCORE RESULT 11/3 Langston (Okla.) * A 80-75 W 11/6 Wayland Baptist (Texas) H 58-49 W 11/14 St. Edward's University A 76-104 L 11/18 Oklahoma City A 72-77 L 11/19 Lubbock Christian (Texas) N 50-64 L 11/26 Southwest (N.M.) * A 66-64 W 12/1 Huston-Tillotson (Texas) * H 78-65 W 12/3 Rice University A 67-81 L 12/15 Bacone (Okla.) * H 85-69 W 12/17 Texas Wesleyan * H 79-58 W 12/19 Dallas Christian College H 61-56 W 12/30 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) * H 78-92 L 1/7 LSU Shreveport (La.) * H 65-69 L 1/9 Wiley (Texas) * A 79-66 W 1/14 Jarvis Christian (Texas) * H 88-59 W 1/16 Paul Quinn (Texas) * A 53-51 W 1/21 Texas College * A 53-62 L 1/23 SAGU (Texas) * H 76-68 W 1/26 Southwest (N.M.) * H 80-40 W 1/28 Huston-Tillotson (Texas) * A 72-54 W 1/30 Langston (Okla.) * H 51-47 W 2/4 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) * A 74-77 L 2/6 Texas Wesleyan * A 83-86 L 2/9 Bacone (Okla.) * A 78-75 W 2/11 Jarvis Christian (Texas) * A 78-73 W 2/15 LSU Shreveport (La.) * A 61-65 L 2/18 Wiley (Texas) * H 57-61 L 2/23 Texas College * H 67-53 W 2/27 SAGU (Texas) * A 55-72 L 2/29 Paul Quinn (Texas) * H 72-43 W 3/2 SAGU (Texas) A 60-67 L OVERALL RECORD: 18-13 Name G MIN AVG FG FGA FG% 3PTFG% FT% REB AST TO BLK STL P/G Lewis, Jeremy 23 717 31.2 108 294 .367 .345 .810 199 67 60 1 38 14.0 Medina, Anthony 31 840 27.1 121 293 .413 .378 .607 113 32 53 3 28 11.4 Lampley, Travis 31 995 32.1 105 228 .461 .182 .660 164 212 106 2 52 10.4 Williams, Caleb 31 627 20.2 94 208 .452 .357 .656 109 11 37 7 14 7.8 Graves, Andrew 29 400 13.8 85 148 .574 .333 .822 84 3 19 427.2 Morales, Adrian 30 556 18.5 65 176 .369 .370 .707 67 35 27 3 19 7.0 Dudley, Deric 31 515 16.6 61 120 .508 .371 .647 71 24 41 5 12 4.7 Nwosu, Kosi 5 132 26.4 8 28 .286 .083 .714 8250 24.4 Lauer, Barrett 31 606 19.5 50 115 .435 .289 .552 57 28 15 0 13 4.2 Jean, Henoc 22 324 14.7 36 68 .529 .000 .600 68 11 21 18 14 3.8 McAnelly, Nate 31 258 8.3 46 79 .582 1.00 .571 67 9 23 0 11 3.4 Denning, Johnathan 4 13 3.3 13.333 .333 1.00 2240 01.3 Graves, Patrick 5 15 3.0 02.000 .000 .000 2000 00.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ UST Team Totals 31 6003 N/A 780 1762 .443 .348 .678 1046 494 420 43 270 69.2 Opponents Totals 31 5822 N/A 708 1739 .407 .335 .667 1113