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MCNEESE BASKETBALL CONTACT: Matthew Bonnette, Sports Information Director O: (337) 475-5207 | C: (337) 263-4822 COWBOYS [email protected] | @WM_Bonnette 2016-17 SCHEDULE GAME 23: McNeese (7-15, 4-7) vs. UNO (13-9, 8-3) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 • 7 p.m. • Burton Coliseum • Lake Charles, La. Nov. 11 at Purdue ESPN3 L, 109-65 Radio: Cajun Radio 1470/1290 AM • Internet: CajunRadio.com • Stream: McNeeseSports.com • TV: None Nov. 15 Louisiana College - L, 85-75 Series: UNO leads 10-7; Last 10: Series tied 5-5; Series Streak: L1 Nov. 20 Southern (N.O.) - W, 96-73 Nov. 22 at Memphis ESPN3 L, 104-65 Head Coach: Dave Simmons Head Coach: Mark Slessinger Nov. 26 LSU-Alexandria - W, 80-78 Alma Mater: Louisiana Tech (‘81) Alma Mater: Aurora (‘96) Nov. 29 at Texas State - L, 80-68 Career/Years: 170-216/13th Career/Years: 95-118/8th Dec. 3 UL-Lafayette CST L, 92-72 at McNeese/Years: 143-187/11th at UNO/Years: 70-95/6th Dec. 14 at SMU ESPN3 L, 92-56 Simmons vs. UNO: 4-3 Slessinger vs. McNeese: 3-4 Dec. 17 NC Central ROOT L, 74-66 Dec. 19 at Tulane ESPN3 W, 70-63 Dec. 22 at NC State ACCN+ L, 89-57 HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISONS Dec. 31 *at Northwestern State - W, 79-72 ot OVERALL GAMES SLC ONLY GAMES Jan. 2 *Stephen F. Austin - W, 69-54 Stat Category McN SLC Rank UNO SLC Rank Stat Category McN SLC Rank UNO SLC Rank Jan. 5 *Sam Houston State - L, 74-67 Scoring Offense 69.5 11th 73.3 8th Scoring Offense 69.1 11th 73.2 6th Jan. 7 *at Houston Baptist - L, 60-49 Scoring Defense 79.0 10th 71.3 6th Scoring Defense 72.5 8th 66.8 2nd Jan. 15 *at Southeastern La. - L, 79-75 FT Percentage .668 11th .720 4th FT Percentage .704 8th .728 3rd Jan. 18 *Central Arkansas - W, 82-72 FG Percentage .410 13th .477 1st FG Percentage .419 12th .489 1st Jan. 21 *Northwestern State - L, 78-65 3FG Percentage .330 9th .329 10th 3FG Percentage .362 4th .313 13th Jan. 26 *at New Orleans - L, 75-56 Rebounding Margin -8.8 13th +4.1 3rd Rebounding Margin -5.3 11th +5.6 2nd Jan. 28 *at Nicholls - L, 78-74 Turnover Margin +0.4 6th -1.3 11th Turnover Margin -1.0 9th +0.3 6th Feb. 2 *at Incarnate Word - W, 87-79 3FG Made 6.6 6th 4.3 13th 3FG Made 6.9 5th 3.7 13th Feb. 4 *at Lamar ESPN3 L, 77-57 GAMEDAY STORYLINE BETWEEN THE COWBOYS AND THE PRIVATEERS Feb. 9 *New Orleans - 7 p.m. • McNeese returns home for the first time since Jan. 21 after playing the last 4 games on the road where it went 1-3. Feb. 11 *A&M-Corpus Christi ROOT 3 p.m. • The Cowboys are 4-5 at home this season, including a 2-2 mark in SLC games. Feb. 16 *Abilene Christian - 7 p.m. • Will play the next 4 and 5 of the last 7 at home. Feb. 23 *Houston Baptist - 7 p.m. • McNeese head coach Dave Simmons and UNO head coach Mark Slessinger were assistant coaches together at Feb. 25 *at A&M-Corpus Christi ESPN3 1:30 p.m. Northwestern State from 2000-06 and was on staff when the Demons upset Iowa in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Mar. 2 *at Sam Houston State ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Tournament. Mar. 4 *Lamar - 3 p.m. • McNeese shoots better from long range at home in SLC games only, hitting 40 percent from beyond the arc while Mar. 8-13 SLC Tournament making just 33 percent in 7 league road games. • The Cowboys have dished out 50 assists in 4 home league games (12.5 average) and just 59 assists on the road (8.4 * - Southland Conference Games average). • All Home Games Played in Burton Coliseum • All Times Listed are Central Time PROJECTED McNEESE STARTERS • Games can be heard on Cajun Radio 1470 and 1290 AM (6-0 • 175 • Sr. • Ruston • Ruston HS) and on CajunRadio.com 1 Jamaya Burr, G G-GS PTS REB AST STL FG% 3FG% FT% MPG SOCIAL MEDIA 22-21 11.9 2.7 3.8 1.3 41.5 40.3 66.3 29.9 Website: McNeeseSports.com 2 James Harvey, G (6-2 • 170 • So. • Amite • Amite HS) Twitter: @McNeeseMBB G-GS PTS REB AST STL FG% 3FG% FT% MPG @McNeeseSports 22-13 8.7 1.4 0.7 0.6 33.0 32.6 77.4 23.8 Facebook: McNeeseSports 11 Kalob Ledoux, G (6-3 • 215 • Fr. • Port Barre, La. • Lafayette Christian Academy) G-GS PTS REB AST STL FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 22-7 10.4 2.9 0.9 0.4 42.3 35.6 72.5 22.1 24 Lance Potier, G (6-6 • 200 • Sr. • St. Martinville • St. Martinville HS) G-GS PTS REB AST STL FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 21-18 6.3 5.9 1.1 0.2 49.1 37.5 56.5 24.5 31 Stephen Ugochukwu, F (6-7 • 220 • Jr. • Lewisville, Texas • Argyle Liberty Christian Academy) G-GS PTS REB BLK STL FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 19-18 10.7 8.2 0.9 1.2 43.0 40.0 68.9 28.6 MCNEESE BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS 2016-17 McNeese State Numerical Roster Location. .Lake Charles, La. No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-L Hometown/Previous School Founded. .1939 1 Jamaya Burr G 6-0 175 Sr.-3L Ruston, La./Ruston HS Enrollment . 8,162 2 James Harvey G 6-2 170 So.-1L Amite, La./Amite HS Nickname . .Cowboys 3 Richard Laku F 6-8 190 Fr.-RS Dallas, Texas/Sachse HS Affiliation . Southland Conference 5 Fred Haywood* F 6-5 190 Fr.-HS Mound Bayou, Miss./John F. Kennedy HS Colors . Blue (PMS 287) and Gold (PMS 116) 10 Jarren Greenwood G 6-2 175 So.-1L Houston, Texas/Bellaire HS Arena . Burton Coliseum 11 Kalob Ledoux G 6-3 215 Fr.-HS Port Barre, La./Lafayette Christian Academy Available Capacity . 8,000 13 Jacob Bonnington* P 6-10 215 Fr.-HS Sugar Land, Texas/Clements HS 14 Howard Thomas F 6-7 258 Jr.-TR Brandon, Miss./Itawamba CC President . Dr. Philip Williams 15 LaBarrius Hill F 6-8 210 Jr.-TR Parrish, Ala./Itawamba CC Athletic Director . Bruce Hemphill 20 Kelvin Henry, Jr.* G 6-0 175 Fr.-HS Lake Charles, La./St. Louis Catholic HS Ticket Office Phone . (337) 562-4MSU 23 Jacob Ledoux G 6-3 210 Fr.-HS Port Barre, La./Lafayette Christian Academy Website . www.McNeeseSports.com 24 Lance Potier G 6-6 200 Sr.-3L St. Martinville, La./St. Martinville HS Twitter. @McNeeseSports 30 AJ Brown F 6-7 210 So.-1L Houston, Texas/Northshore Senior HS . .@McNeeseMBB 31 Stephen Ugochukwu F 6-7 220 Jr.-2L Lewisville, Texas/Argyle Liberty Christian Academy Men’s Hoops SID . Matthew Bonnette Phone . (337) 475-5207 * - Expected to redshirt the 2016-17 season Cell . (337) 263-4822 Head Coach: Dave Simmons (11th season) Email . [email protected] Assistant Coach: David Dumars (16th season) Assistant Coach: Preston David (5th season) HISTORY Assistant Coach: Eric Willis (6th season) 2015-16 Record . 9-20 SLC Record/Finish . 7-11/8th PRONUNCIATIONS: First Year of Basketball . 1946 JAMAYA Burr juh-my-uh All-Time Record . .1,023-901 Richard LAKU lah-koo Lance POTIER po-shay NCAA Touney Appearances, Last. 2, 2001-02 Stephen UGOCHUKWU you-go-chew-coo All-Time NCAA Record. .0-2 NIT Appearances, Last. 3, 2010-11 All-Time NIT Record . 1-3 CollegeInsider.com Apperances . 1 BURR NAMED PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE Last . .2011-12 McNeese senior guard Jamaya Burr, a third-team all-conference performer last season in the Southland Con- Result . .L 76-63 at Toledo ference, has been named to the league’s 2016-17 preseason team, garnering second team honors, the conference SLC Championships, Last . .6, 2010-11 announced on Thursday. SLC Tournament Titles, Last. 2, 2001-02 The Ruston native led the Cowboys in scoring (15.4 ppg) and assists (3.6 apg) last season as well as in free All-Time SLC Record, Years . .325-305, 42 throw shooting (.768) and was named the team’s Lake Charles Toyota Most Valuable Player. Burr ranked eighth in the league in scoring last season and was 11th in assists. He was also ninth with 1.5 steals TEAM INFORMATION per game and scored double-digits a total of 24 times, including nine straight games to end the season. Starters Return/Lost. .3/2 He topped 20 or more points nine times with a career-high of 26 against Incarnate Word on Jan. 25. Lettermen Return/Lost . 6/5 Newcomers . 7 POKES PICKED SEVENTH, EIGHTH IN PRESEASON POLLS Class Breakdown McNeese has been picked for a 7th place finish by the league sports information directors and 8th by the Seniors . 2 head coaches in the preseason polls. Sam Houston State tops both polls followed by Stephen F. Austin and Texas Juniors. 3 A&M-Corpus Christi. Northwestern State and Houston Baptist are 4-5 in the coaches’ poll and are flipped in the Sophomores . 3 SID’s while Abilene Christian is sixth on both polls. Southeastern Louisiana is seventh in the coaches’ poll followed by McNeese, New Orleans, Incarnate Word, Freshmen . .6 Central Arkansas, Lamar and Nicholls. In the SID poll, the Cowboys are seventh followed by SLU, UCA, UNO, UIW, Lamar and Nicholls.