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Rogers State Men’s Basketball Game 5: East Central Scott Slarks | Sports Information Director 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd. | Claremore, OK 74017-3252 Office: 918.343.8350 | Fax: 918.343.7567 | E-Mail: [email protected] www.rsuhillcats.com | Twitter: @RSUHillcats Facebook: RSUHillcatAthletics | YouTube: RSUHillcatAthletics Hillcat Gameday Rogers State Hillcats Head Coach: .....................Justin Barkley Date/Time: Nov. 25, 2014 / 7:30 p.m. Record: ...............................................2-2 Location: Ada, Okla. Site: Kerr Activities Center All-Time Record: ECU leads 1-0 East Central Tigers Last Meeting: ECU won 82-79 Head Coach: ............................Ja Havens Record: ...............................................3-1 2014-15 Schedule Date Time Opponent Location/Results ALL-TIME SERIES: The Hillcats face the Tigers for just the second time after ECU Nov. 8^ 7 pm Oral Roberts L, 60-73 claimed the first meeting last season in a three-point game, 82-79, in Claremore. RSU Nov. 14 8 pm No. 3 Metro State L, 68-73 did pick up an exhibition win on its home floor at the start of the 2009-10 season by a Nov. 15 6 pm No. 17 UC Colorado Springs L, 60-75 107-100 margin. Nov. 20 7 pm Hillsdale Free Will Baptist W, 77-53 Nov. 22# 4 pm Arlington Baptist W, 91-46 DEFENSIVE STAND: RSU held Arlington Baptist to just 46 points in its blowout victory Saturday for one of its best defensive performances in program history. It Nov. 25 7:30 pm East Central Ada, Okla. matched the third-lowest points allowed for the Hillcats and the fewest since holding Nov. 29 3 pm Northwestern Oklahoma St. Claremore, Okla. Carroll to 45 points in an NAIA National Tournament victory March 3, 2011. RSU Dec. 11 7:30 pm Dallas Christian Claremore, Okla. limited ABC to 35 percent shooting and just 20 percent from three-point range. Dec. 13 3 pm Cameron Lawton, Okla. Dec. 15* 4 pm Dallas Baptist Dallas, Texas SANTOS STRONG: Senior Frederico Santos leads the Hillcats in scoring after posting Dec. 18* 7:30 pm UA Fort Smith Fort Smith, Ark. his first double-double of the season with a game-high 18 points and 11 rebounds Jan. 1* 7:30 pm Texas-Permian Basin Odessa, Texas Saturday. The Rio de Janeiro native did all that damage in just 12 minutes of action on Jan. 3* 3 pm St. Edward’s Austin, Texas Homecoming going a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor. After his third-consective, double- digit scoring effort, Santos averages 12.5 points per game while fellow senior newcomer Jan. 8* 7:30 pm Texas A&M International Claremore, Okla. DesJuan Newton and junior J.C. Hartzler join him in double figures at 10.8 and 10.0 Jan. 10* 3 pm St. Mary’s Claremore, Okla. points per game, respectively. Jan. 15* 8 pm Lubbock Christian Lubbock, Texas Jan. 17* 3 pm Oklahoma Panhandle St. Goodwell, Okla. PAINT BY THE NUMBERS: RSU dominated inside the paint Saturday outscoring the Jan. 22* 7:30 pm Oklahoma Christian Claremore, Okla. Patriots by a 50-18 margin. After four games played, the Hillcats have posted a 150-106 Jan. 24* 3 pm Newman Claremore, Okla. advantage in the lane over their opposition while tallying more than their opponents in Jan. 29* 7:30 pm St. Edward’s Claremore, Okla. the last three games. Jan. 31* 3 pm Texas-Permian Basin Claremore, Okla. Feb. 5* 7:30 pm St. Mary’s San Antonio, Texas TIGER BITES: East Central enters Tuesday’s contest having won three-straight road Feb. 7* 3 pm Texas A&M International Laredo, Texas games with its last coming in an 88-75 victory at Henderson State behind Stirling Thomas’ 36-point effort. The Tigers only loss came in the season opener against Feb. 12* 7:30 pm Oklahoma Panhandle St. Claremore, Okla. Southwest Minnesota as part of the GAC/NSIC Challenge. Thomas has been the Feb. 14* 3 pm Lubbock Christian Claremore, Okla. offensive catalyst through four games scoring 25.3 points per game hitting 56 percent of Feb. 19* 7:30 pm Oklahoma Christian Edmond, Okla. his shots. Henry Pwono and Braxton Reeves also average double digits with 18 and 12, Feb. 21* 3 pm Newman Wichita, Kan. respectively, while Pwono leads ECU with 9.3 rebounds per game. Feb. 28* 3 pm UA Fort Smith Claremore, Okla. Mar. 2* 6 pm Dallas Baptist Claremore, Okla. UPCOMING GAMES: RSU returns home for its next two non-conference matchups Bold denotes home games facing Northwestern Oklahoma State (Nov. 29) and Dallas Christian (Dec. 11). All * - denotes Heartland Conference Games games can be heard live on the Hillcat Network at www.rsuhillcats.com/live. # - denotes Homecoming Game ^ - denotes Exhibiton Games SEASON TRENDS Overall: 2-2 Home: 2-0 Away: 0-1 Neutral: 0-1 Conference: 0-0 Non-Conference: 2-2 Morning: 0-0 Afternoon: 1-0 Evening: 1-2 Exhibition: 0-1 Vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-2 Streak: W2 2014-15 Hillcat Men’s Basketball www.rsuhillcats.com | @RSUHillcats Rogers State Men’s Basketball Game 5: East Central RSU Quick Facts Justin Barkley enters his fifth season as the head men’s basketball coach at Rogers State General Information: University after being named to the position in April Location: 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd. 2010. Claremore, OK 74017 In his four seasons guiding the program, Enrollment: 4,289 Barkley has led the Cats to at least 16 wins each Founded: 1909 season, including reaching the 20-win plateau his Nickname: Hillcats first three years. RSU finished the 2013-14 season, its Colors: Navy and Red first as a member of the NCAA Division II Heartland President: Dr. Larry Rice Conference, with a 16-10 mark going 11-7 in Affiliation: NCAA Division II Candidacy conference play. The Hillcats won nine of 11 games During his first season, Barkley guided RSU Conference: Heartland Conference through a memorable second half, as the team won 17 Director of Athletics: Ryan Erwin of the final 23 games of the regular season, allowing Senior Woman Administrator: Sara Williams the Hillcats to streak to the NAIA Quarterfinals Sports Information Director: Scott Slarks finishing with a record of 22-12. He led the team to Faculty Athletic Rep: Dr. Keith Martin the 2012 NAIA Quarterfinals for the second consecutive season as RSU tallied a 24-9 Head Athletic Trainer: Trey Robertson record. In 2013, RSU tallied its sixth-straight 20-win season with a 21-12 overall record. Phone: 918-343-7782 Barkley, who served as the Hillcats’ assistant coach from 2008-2010, is the third Fax: 918-343-7567 head coach in the brief history of the program. He helped guide the Hillcats to a 52-13 Website: www.rsuhillcats.com record as an assistant where they claimed the school’s first Sooner Athletic Conference Sports: Men: Baseball, Basketball, Cross regular season championship, reached the NAIA National Tournament and achieved a No. Country, Golf, Soccer 1 national ranking in 2008-09. RSU notched its third-straight, 20-win season and reached the finals of the SAC Tournament for the second-straight year in 2009-10. Women: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Barkley began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Head Coach Soccer, Softball, Track and Field Larry Gipson at Northeastern State University following a storied playing career. He later NAIA National Appearances spent two seasons as an assistant at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, where he helped the 2009, 2011, 2012 Golden Norsemen to a 27-9 record and their first national tournament appearance in 16 Men’s Basketball SAC Champions years. 2009 Regular Season and Tournament Barkley left NEO to return home to the community where his father, Clyde, made the family name synonymous with basketball as the dean of Rogers County hoops for the About RSU Men’s Basketball past three decades. As a player, Barkley led Inola High School to a state championship All Figures Prior to 2014-15 Season under the direction of his father in 1998. He continued his playing career at NSU, where COACHING STAFF he spurred the Redmen to a Division II National Championship in 2003. Head Coach .....................................Justin Barkley He is married to the former Emily Warren, and holds a Bachelor of Science in ......................... (Northeastern State, ‘04; MS, ‘06) Education and a master’s degree in Health and Kinesiology. Record at RSU ..............................83-42 (5th year) Career Record .................................................same Assistant Coach ....................................Vinay Patel ...... (Texas Tech, ‘05; West Texas A&M MS, ‘07) 1st year Assistant Coach ...............................Tyler Wayman ...... (Arkansas, ‘11; Wayland Baptist, MS ‘12) 1st year HISTORY First Year of Program ................................2007-08 All-Time Record ..........................................156-65 HC Reg. Season Record ..................................11-7 SAC Reg. Season Record ..............................86-40 NAIA Tournament Appearances ...........................3 2013-14 TEAM INFORMATION 2013-14 Overall Record ................................16-10 2013-14 HC Record/Finish .......................11-7/5th Starters Returning .................................................2 Starters Lost ..........................................................3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............................5/7 Newcomers ...........................................................7 Scan the QR code to view the 2014- 15 RSU Basketball Media Guide with complete bios, Head Coach Justin Barkley records, and program history. 2014-15 Hillcat Men’s Basketball www.rsuhillcats.com | @RSUHillcats Rogers State Men’s Basketball Game 5: East Central Rogers State University Hillcats 2014-15 Men’s Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / Previous School 1 DesJuan Newton G 6-2 180 Sr. Seattle, Wash. / Robert Morris 2 J.C. Hartzler G 6-1 175 Jr. Tulsa, Okla. / Union HS 3 Donald Moore G 6-1 175 Jr. Chicago Heights, Ill. / Eastern Illinois 4 Jeylyn Sharpe F 6-5 215 So. Ketchum, Okla. / Ketchum HS 5 Johnathon Buckley G 6-3 190 RS So.