SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2019 GAME NOTES #504OURCITY 11-9 6-3 - / - 6-15 1-7 - / - OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (AP / COACHES) OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (AP / COACHES) - v. - MARK SLESSINGER 104-124 Carson Cunningham 6-15 HEAD COACH RECORD AT UNO, 8TH SEASON CARDINALS HEAD COACH RECORD AT UIW, 1ST SEASON privateers NEW ORLEANS V. UIW HOW TO TUNE IN SERIES AT A GLANCE 2018-19 SCHEDULE (H: 9-1; A: 2-8) GAME New Orleans • Lakefront Arena (8,785) Stream: http://ow.ly/c7Ms30msb48 OVERALL / STK 4-3 / W4 (11-9 Overall, 6-3 Southland Conference) Feb. 2, 2019 • 4:15 p.m. (CST) Play by Play: Jude Young in New Orleans 1-2 #21 WATCH: UNOPrivateers.com Stats: ow.ly/G6c730msb3J in San Antonio 3-1 Date Opponent Time/Result TV Play-by-Play: N/A Neutral 0-0 NOVEMBER (3-3) TV Analyst: N/A Last Meeting Jan. 26, 2019 (W, 61-52) 6 SPRING HILL W, 95-66 TIP-OFF TALE OF THE TAPE 8 at Northwestern L, 52-82 • New Orleans looks to improve to 10-1 overall at home and 9-1 at Lakefront Arena Saturday when it 12 PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN W, 87-59 14 at UAB L, 68-75 hosts UIW at 4:15 p.m. • The Privateers defeated the Cardinals 61-52 last 24 GOVERNORS STATE W, 97-53 week in San Antonio behind Bryson Robinson’s 19 28 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE L, 73-77OT points - 15 from long distance. DECEMBER (2-3) • In the win, UNO forced 21 turnovers and ended 71.2 POINTS/GAME 66.3 5 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 71-60 13 at Tulsa L, 60-70 the game on an 8-0 run, and through the final nine minutes, outscored Incarnate Word 17-4. 43.9 FG% 46.0 18 WILLIAMS BAPTIST # W, 90-62 20 at Pittsburgh L, 57-99 • UIW is the nation’s top free throw shooting team, 32.2 3FG% 32.8 29 at Baylor L, 44-88 but coach Slessinger’s squad limited the attempts last week as the Cards did not visit the line in the second JANUARY (6-3, 6-3 SOUTHLAND) 67.4 FT % 81.6 2 at Abilene Christian * L, 58-68 half. • Through the last three games, Robinson is 19-of-35 5 HBU * W, 81-76OT 35.6 REBOUNDS/GAME 27.9 9 at Lamar * W, 78-71OT from three-point range and is scoring 21.3 points per game. 12 McNEESE * W, 79-66 • In Wednesday’s victory over Northwestern State, 15.5 ASSISTS/GAME 11.2 16 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN * W, 68-61 19 at A&M-Corpus Christi * L, 61-76 three players reached double figures and the Priva- 4.2 BLOCKS/GAME 1.5 23 at Central Arkansas * L, 71-76 teers connected on 20 of 27 from the charity stripe. 26 at UIW * W, 61-52 • A win would be the 360th career victory at Lake- front Arena/Human Performance Center. 10.0 STEALS/GAME 6.1 30 NORTHWESTERN STATE * W, 72-64 • The Privateers have won six consecutive home FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 SOUTHLAND) games and five at Lakefront Arena. 69.9 SCORING DEFENSE 74.3 2 UIW * 4:15 p.m. 6 at Northwestern State * 6:30 p.m. • New Orleans is currently in third place in the stand- ings, just one game behind Abilene Christian. Sam 43.4 FG% DEFENSE 48.0 9 Nicholls * 4:15 p.m. Houston State is undefeated atop the Southland (8- 16 A&M-Corpus Christi * 4:15 p.m. 0). The Bearkats visit New Orleans Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in 31.2 3FG% DEFENSE 34.6 20 Southeastern La. * 7 p.m. the final home game of the regular season. 23 at McNeese * 3 p.m. REBOUND MARGIN • Troy Green came off the bench with eight points, -1.1 -3.7 27 Sam Houston State * 7 p.m. four rebounds, four assists and two steals in Wed. W. MARCH (0-0, 0-0 SOUTHLAND) 0.9 ASSIST-TO RATIO 0.7 2 at Nicholls * 3:30 p.m. 6 at Southeastern La. * 7 p.m. LAST GAME STARTERS 13-16 Southland Tournament (Katy, Texas) ! All times central and subject to change Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll * Southland Conference Game | ! Southland Conference Tournament | # Home game played in Westwego (Alario Center) COMMUNICATIONS Damion Rosser Bryson Robinson Gerrale Gates Ezekiel Charles Scott Plaisance Jr. 1 SO • Guard 4 JR • Guard 10 FR • Forward 33 SR • Guard 55 R-SR • Forward KELVIN QUELIZ Assistant AD for Communications and New Media MIN 27.2 MIN 25.1 MIN 25.7 MIN 30.3 MIN 21.0 e: [email protected] PPG 8.9 PPG 11.3 PPG 8.6 PPG 11.8 PPG 8.2 c: 917-683-6517 FG% 50.7 FG% 42.0 FG% 47.0 FG% 42.9 FG% 45.3 @iamkelvinq REB 4.2 ASTS 2.7 REB 5.1 REB 5.8 REB 4.1 TICKETS STEALS 1.6 3FG% 38.9 STEALS 1.0 3FG% 34.0 BLOCKS 0.9 UNOPrivateers.com/tickets NEW ORLEANS UIW e: [email protected] LEADERS LEADERS w: 504-280-GAME Pts .........................Charles ......................... 235 (11.8) Pts .........................Peevy ........................... 239 (12.6) FG Made ...............Charles ......................... 82 FG Made ...............Brown .......................... 81 FG% .......................Haynes ......................... 52.9 FG% .......................Peevy ........................... 54.5 CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA 3PT Made ..............Robinson ...................... 44 3PT Made ..............Smith Jr./Ene ................ 23 /PrivateersMBB 3PT% ......................Robinson ...................... 38.9 3PT% ......................Ene............................... 39.0 FT Made .................Gates ........................... 45 FT Made .................Peevy ........................... 81 @PrivateersMBB FT% ........................Robinson ...................... 72.7 FT% ........................Peevy ........................... 90.0 Reb ........................Charles ......................... 116 (5.8) Reb ........................Smith Jr. ....................... 83 (4.0) @PrivateersMBB Asts ........................Robinson ...................... 51 (2.7) Asts ........................Taylor ........................... 55 (3.2) Blocks ....................Plaisance Jr .................. 16 (0.9) Blocks ....................Ene............................... 10 (0.5) #504OURCITY Steals .....................Rosser .......................... 31 (1.6) Steals .....................Ene............................... 22 (1.0) 2018-19 @PrivateersMBB NUMERICAL ROSTER COACHING STAFF NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL NAME POS. // YR. AT UNO ALMA MATER // YR. 1 Damion Rosser G 6-4 210 So. 1L McDonough, Ga. / Henry County HS Mark Slessinger Head Coach // 8th Aurora // 1996 2 Lamont Berzat G 5-6 155 So. 1L New Orleans, La. / Landry-Walker HS Jody Bailey Assistant Coach // 4th Louisville // 1995 3 Troy Green G 6-3 219 So. 1L St. Rose, La. / Believe Prep Academy Kris Arkenberg Assistant Coach // 8th IUPUI // 2009 4 Bryson Robinson G 6-4 195 Jr. 2L Mesquite, Texas / Mesquite HS Bil Duany Assistant Coach // 4th Indiana // 2009 5 Charles Bohannon G 6-0 205 So. 1L Austin, Texas / Jack C. Hays HS Corey Schmidt Dir. of Ops // 4th Belmont // 2013 10 Gerrale Gates F 6-6 235 Fr. HS Charlotte, N.C. / Butler HS Beaux Hebert Video // 1st Nicholls // 2015 11 Jahmel Myers F 6-7 219 Fr. HS Cape Coral, Fla. / Mariner HS Nick Holtgrieve Ath. Trainer // 3rd Ouachita Baptist // 2012 12 Amari Haynes F 6-8 210 Fr. HS Cape Coral, Fla. / Mariner HS Travis Reust Dir. of Ath. Performance // 1st East Central // 2000 13 Jorge Rosa G 6-3 203 R-Sr. 1L (RS) Orlando, Fla. / Indian Hills CC (COMO SE DICE) 15 Tyren Harrison F 6-5 193 Sr. 1L Queens, N.Y. / Western Oklahoma State PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kris Arkenburg ................. -en-berg 20 Larry Robinson III G 5-11 175 Jr. TR Bossier City, La. / Southern U. (Shreveport) ARK Lamont Berzat .................BURR-ZAHT 21 Bol Riek C 7-3 225 So. 1L Bentiu, Northern Liech, South Sudan / Moosheart (Ill.) HS Bil Duany .........................DWAY-knee 33 Ezekiel Charles G 6-4 205 Sr. 1L Brooklyn, N.Y. / Barton CC Gerrale Gates ...................JER-RELL 55 Scott Plaisance Jr. F 6-9 219 R-Sr. 1L Marrero, La. / Louisiana Amari Haynes ..................AH-MAR-EE Scott Plaisance .................PLAY-SONCE Jorge Rosa ........................JOWRJ (like George) ROW-suh ROSTER BREAKDOWN Bol Riek ............................REEK (smell) TOTAL PLAYERS 14 Damion Rosser ................ROSS-ERR Seniors (4) Rosa, Harrison, Charles, Plaisance Mark Slessinger ...............SLES-in-jer Juniors (2) B. Robinson, L. Robinson III Sophomores (5) Rosser, Berzat, Green, Bohannon, Riek 2018-19 MEDIA INFORMATION Freshmen (3) Gates, Myers, Haynes Post Game Interviews SEASONS IN THE UNO PROGRAM(including redshirt seasons) New Orleans head coach Mark Slessinger and requested players will be 4th Year (0) n/a available to the media after each game following a customary 10-minute 3rd Year (3) B. Robinson, Rosa, Plaisance cooling down period. The Privateer locker room will not be open to the media. Each visiting team will set its own post-game policy. 2nd Year (7) Rosser, Berzat, Green, Bohannon, Harrison, Riek, Charles 1st Year (4) Gates, Myers, Haynes, L. Robinson III Interview Requests All New Orleans players and coaches will be available throughout the HOME STATE / COUNTRY 2018-19 season for interviews with members of the media before or Louisiana (4) Berzat, Green, L. Robinson III, Plaisance after practice and byAPPOINTMENT ONLY through the UNO Athletic Florida (3) Myers, Haynes, Rosa Communications Office. It is important, however, that all requests for New York (2) Harrison, Charles interviews be made through the New Orleans Athletic Communications Office and its director, , at . This policy al- Texas (2) B. Robinson, Bohannon Kelvin Queliz (917) 683-6517 lows us to arrange a time that will not interfere with a student-athlete’s Georgia (1) Rosser academic schedule, which has top priority. No student-athlete’s home North Carolina (1) Gates phone number will be released to ensure each student-athletes’ privacy South Sudan (1) Riek away from the court. Credentials 2017-18 TEAM INFORMATION For a work credential for all home men’s basketball games at Lakefront 2018-19 QUICK FACTS Overall, Conference Record/Finish 16-17, 11-5/fifth Arena, please email Queliz ([email protected]) with your name and affili- GENERAL INFORMATION Overall Record ...................................16-17 ation.