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2020-2021 SCHEDULE NEW ORLEANS BASKETBALL ALL TIMES CENTRAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE OVERALL 0-2 | SOUTHLAND 0-0 2020-2021 GAME NOTES HOME 0-0 | AWAY 0-2 | NEUTRAL 0-0 FOLLOW US! /PrivateersMBB @PrivateersMBB @privateersmbb NOVEMBER (0-2) 26 @ BYU L, 61-86 Contact Kelvin Queliz Email [email protected] Phone (917) 683-6517 27 @ Utah Canceled 29 @ Texas A&M L. 53-82 NEW ORLEANS GAME 3 - LOUISIANA NEXT UP: FLORDIA NATIONAL 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 6:00 P.M. 16 @ LSU 8:00 P.M. JANUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) RECORD 0-2, 0-0 SLC RECORD 0-1, 0-0 SBC RECORD 2 @ Stephen F. Austin* TBD 2-7, NAIA Independent 6 @ Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. 9 UIW* 6:00 P.M. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 16 McNeese* 6:00 P.M. Mark Slessinger 10th Season Bob Marlin 11th Season WHEN / WHERE >> Tuesday, December 8 20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. Aurora ‘96 Mississippi State ‘81 23 @ Nicholls* 5:00 P.M. >> Swisher Gymnasium 27 @ Northwestern State* 6:30 P.M. >> Jacksonville, Fla. CAREER RECORD CAREER RECORD 30 @ Southeastern* 4:00 P.M. Overall 146-175 Overall 413-275 >> 1:30 P.M. at UNO 121-152 at Texas A&M 188-143 FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) vs. SLC 61-67 vs. SBC 109-75 TV / STREAMING 6 Stephen F. Austin* 6:00 P.M. vs. LOUISIANA 0-4 None 10 Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. 13 @ UIW* 6:30 P.M. ALL-TIME SERIES 20 @ McNeese* 4:00 P.M. Louisiana leads 41-32 and has 24 @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. won the last six meetings. 27 Nicholls* 6:00 P.M. For more information on the all-time series see page three. MARCH (0-0, 0-0 SLC) 3 Northwestern State* 6:00 P.M. 6 Southeastern* 7:00 P.M. TIP-OFF 10-13 Southland Tournament* 6:00 P.M. >> New Orleans is off to it’s first 0-2 start since dropping games at St. John’s and #RV/#RV Oakland to start the 2017- 2018 campaign. Prior to this season, the Privateers had won three straight season openers, and four of the last six. ^ BSN Sports Dolphin Classic * Southland Conference Game >> Entering the game with just under 12 minutes to play in the first half at Texas A&M,LADARIUS MARSHALL provided an immediate spark off the bench. “Krunchy” finished with 14 points in just 20 minutes, connecting on 7-of-8 shots from the field including two dunks. Marhsall added five rebounds, an assist and a steal to round out the best performance of his young career on the Lakefront. >> Redshirt freshman KMANI DOUGHTY had his best game off the bench as well with six points, two three-pointers COVERAGE INFORMATION and six rebounds - the most rebounds by a freshman since AHREN FREEMAN at HBU last season (Jan. 15). TELEVISION None >> DAMION ROSSER reached double figures in both games to begin 2020-21. The redshirt junior is coming off Play-by-Play None a season in which he averaged 11.3 points per game, but was sidelined after seven games due to injury. Thus Analyst None far, he is averaging 12.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals, and has showcased his high-flying ability with four Reporter None dunks in two games. STREAMING UNOPrivateers.com >> The combination of DAMION ROSSER, LAMONT BERZAT, TROY GREEN, AHREN FREEMAN AND JAHMEL MYERS started together for the second consecutive game - the first time Coach Sless had not tinkered with the RADIO NASH 106.1 FM / TuneIn App starting lineup since Feb. 22 (at McNeese) and Feb. 26 (at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi). Green and Berzat started Play-by-Play Jude Young both of those games last season. LIVE STATS UNOPrivateers.com >> Five Privateers made their debut off the bench this season;DEREK ST. HILAIRE (41 minutes), LADARIUS MAR- SHALL (39 minutes), KMANI DOUGHTY (26 minutes), BOL TONG (7 minutes), and JAY RODGERS (6 minutes). All five have played in both games this season. TWITTER @PrivateersMBB 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 12.5 POINTS 9.5 POINTS 9.5 POINTS 5.0 POINTS 2.0 REBOUNDS 6.0 REBOUNDS 2.0 REBOUNDS 3.0 REBOUNDS 1.5 REBOUNDS 3.5 STEALS 1.0 STEALS 1.5 STEALS 3.0 STEALS 1.0 STEALS 0.0 ASSISTS 2.0 ASSISTS 3.5 ASSISTS 3.0 ASSISTS 1.5 ASSISTS 3.0 MINUTES 30.0 MINUTES 26.0 MINUTES 24.0 MINUTES 19.5 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 (962), assists (256), steals (107), and games played (97). He is 15 Tamir Bynum G 6-2 160 Jr. Houston, Texas Prairie View A&M 38 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 started 52 straight games - missing just one game two seasons ago at Baylor - and COACHES & STAFF played in 97 out of 98 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 Division 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 (80 appearances, 34 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. In the 2020-21 opener, Berzat went 3-of-3 from deep and finished with 15 points. SPORTS MEDICINE & PERFORMANCE Athletic Trainer Nick Holtgreive Ouachita Baptist ‘12 6th Season at UNO EVERYONE’S A STARTER Sports Performance Coach Matt Hans Mount. St. Joseph ‘14 1st Sesason at UNO >> Every letterwinner returning from last season started at least two Sports Performance Intern Beaux Hebert Nicholls ‘15 3rd Season at UNO games in their Privateer career - Troy Green 52 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE - Damion Rosser 47 Kris Arkenberg Ark-en-berg - Lamont Berzat 34 D’Ante Bell Dee-Anh-tay - Jahmel Myers 26 Lamont Berzat Lah-mont Bur-zaht - Ahren Freeman 25 Tamir Bynum Ta-meer Bye-num - Rodney Carson Jr. 5 Rashad Holmes Rah-shad - Charles Bohannon 4 Jahmel Myers Jah-mel Ahren Freeman Aaron RIVALRY RENEWED WITH THE CAJUNS Kmani Doughty Kah-mah-knee Dow-ty >> Wednesday’s meeting between the two schools will be the 74th Damion Rosser Ross-er game played between the programs - the most against an opponent Mark Slessinger Sless-in-jer for the Privateers. The Cajuns have won six straight, while the longest Derek St. Hilaire Saint Hill-air winning streak in the series belongs to the Privateers from 1987-1990. For more on the all-time series see page 3. CLASSIFICATION BSN SPORTS DOLPHIN CLASSIC ON DECK Seniors 4 Berzat, Bohannon, Green, Robinson III >> Next up the Privateers head off to the Sunshine State to play in Juniors 6 Bynum, Jones, Marshall, Myers, Rosser, Tong the 2020 BSN Sports Dolphin Classic hosted by Jacksonville.