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MCNEESE BASKETBALL CONTACT: Jessica Roberson, Asst. Sports Information Director O: (337) 475-5941 | C: (325) 203-8260 COWBOYS [email protected] | @JH_Roberson 2017-18 SCHEDULE McNeese (9-14, 6-7) vs New Orleans (13-12, 10-4) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE Saturday, February 17th 2018 • 4:15PM • New Orleans, LA • Lakefront Arena Nov. 10 at Houston ESPN3 L 81-53 Radio: CajunRadio 1470/1290 • UNO Showcase • Series: 12-7, UNO Nov. 13 Ecclesia College - W 101-54 Head Coach: Dave Simmons Head Coach: Mark Slessinger Nov. 17 at San Diego State - L 83-52 Alma Mater: Louisiana Tech (‘81) Alma Mater: Aurora (‘96) Nov. 19 at Loyola Marymount - L 92-86 OT Career/Years: 179-237/14th Career/Years: 115-133 (9th) Nov. 22 Champion Christian - W 85-48 at McNeese/Years: 152-208/12th at UNO/Years: 90-110(7th) Nov. 25 Southern- NO - W 103-79 vs. UNO: 4-5 vs.McNeese: 6-4 Nov. 28 at UL-Lafayette - L 89-78 Dec. 9 at North Texas - L 85-47 2017-18 TEAM STATS THE SERIES 2017-18 TEAM STATS Dec. 14 at NC Central - L 77-71 74.7 Points per game Saturday’s meeting will be the Points per game 69.3 Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh - L 72-51 39.2 Rebounds per game 20th meeting between the Cowboys Rebounds per game 34.7 Dec. 19 Texas College - W 84-68 10.9 Assists per game and Privateers and dates back to the Assists per game 14.6 Dec. 28 *Incarnate Word - W 85-62 4.8 Steals per game 1974-1975 season when UNO beat Steals per game 7.4 4.7 Blocks per game McNeese 80-66. Blocks per game 3.4 Dec. 30 *Northwestern St - W 72-63 14.0 Turnovers per game McNeese trails the all-time series Turnovers per game 15.4 Jan. 3 *at Abilene Christian - L 79-74 43.3 FG % by a 12-7 margin. FG % 44.8 36.0 3pt % McNeese head coach Dave Simmons 3pt % 35.7 Jan. 6 *New Orleans - L 82-75 OT is 4-5 against UNO in his career. Jan. 10 *at Nicholls - L 85-80 69.8 FT % FT % 67.1 76.3 Points allowed per game Simmons won his first three contests Points allowed per game 69.6 Jan. 13 *at Southeastern La. - W 71-62 against UNO, but dropped the last 43.0 Opponent’s FG % three. Opponent’s FG % 46.4 Jan. 20 *at Houston Baptist - W 86-81 34.3 Opponent’s 3pt % The Cowboys have not won on the Opponent’s 3pt % 37.1 Jan. 27 *at Lamar ESPN3 L 86-80 12.0 Turnovers forced per game road in New Orleans since 2014, when Turnovers forced per game 14.2 Jan. 30 *Sam Houston St - L 67-57 they defeated the Privateers 72-69. INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE LEADERS The overtime match eariler this INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE LEADERS Feb. 3 *at Northwestern St ESPN3 W 75-62 Kaleb Ledoux, 15.2 ppg Scoring season has been the only for McNeese Scoring Travin Thibodeaux, 16.3 Feb. 8 *Stephen F Austin ElevenSports L 99-95 Quatarrius Wilson, 10.3 rpg Rebounding so far. Winning 36-28 at the half, it Rebounding Travin Thibodeaux, 5.8 rpg Feb. 10 *Southeastern La. - L 74-67 Jarren Greenwood, 2. 9apg Assists would be one of four games in which Assists Bryson Robinson, 2.8 apg Feb. 14 *at Central Arkansas - W 76-72 Jacob Ledoux, 1.2 spg Steals the Cowboys led at the half and lost. Steals Travin Thibodeaux, 1.4 spg LaBarrius Hill, 1.8 bpg Blocks Blocks Travin Thibodeaux, 1.1 spg Feb. 17 *at New Orleans - 4:15 p.m. Kalob Ledoux, 40.0 3pt% 3pt % Bryson Robinson, 34.4% Feb. 21 *Nicholls - 6:30 p.m. Jarren Greenwood, 83.2 FT% FT % Travin Thibodeaux, 69.8% Feb. 24 *Houston Baptist - 3:30 p.m. Feb. 28 *at Texas A&M-CC - 7 p.m. • After 23 games, McNeese trails opponents on average by 1.3 points- its biggest win was by 47 points vs Ecclesia, biggest loss was by 38 points at UNT. Mar. 3 *Lamar - 3:30 p.m. • The Cowboys’ 76-72 win at UCA was the smallest win margin for the Cowboys this year (4 pts). Mar. 7-11 SLC Tournament • The Cowboys have already surpassed last seasons win records with five contests to go, after missing the Southland tournament last year, McNeese is only 1.5 games out of 8th place and a trip to Katy, Texas. * - Southland Conference Games • Despite being 2nd in the league in rebounds, the Cowboys have been outrebounded in 6 of the last 8 games. • This season, McNeese has outscored opponents by 17 points in the first half, but have been outscored by 36 in • All Home Games Played in Burton Coliseum the second half. McNeese led at the half in three of its five SLC losses. • All Times Listed are Central Time • Against SFA, McNeese shot a season best .525 in the victory, .423 from long range. To put into perspective • Games can be heard on Cajun Radio 1470 and 1290 AM how the Cowboys have progressed since game one, they began the season shooting .293 and .222 respectively. and on CajunRadio.com • The Cowboys have posted two 100+ point performances this year, for the first time since 2001. • Five Cowboys have earned 20+ point performances: Kalob Ledoux, Ugochukwu, Wilson, Greenwood, and Harvey; more than double the number of Cowboys on the 2016-17 roster. • No team has been able to score 100 points on the Cowboys this season, SFA came the closest with 99 (02/08). STARTERS AND FIRST SUBS COWBOY RESERVES No Player Ht/Wt Class GP/GS PPG FG% RPG No Player Ht/Wt Class GP/GS PPG FG% RPG 0 Q. Wilson 6’8 - 200 JR 22-23 11.1 .549 10.5 3 R. Laku 6’8 - 190 RSO 18-0 2.2 .382 1.0 1 K. Ledoux 6’3 - 215 SO 23-23 15.3 .420 4.4 5 F. Haywood 6’5 - 186 RFR 8-0 0.8 .400 0.8 2 J. Harvey 6’2 - 172 JR 23-23 11.4 .414 2.1 11 M. Hutchinson 6’0 - 170 FR 8-0 1.5 .300 0.5 10 J. Greenwood 6’2 - 172 JR 22-22 12.8 .408 4.1 13 J. Bonnington 6’11 - 228 RFR 6-0 0.7 .286 0.8 31 S. Ugochukwu 6’7 - 220 SR 22-21 7.4 .411 5.2 20 K. Henry Jr 6’0 - 202 RFR 10-0 0.5 .182 0.7 11 J. Ledoux 6’3-177 SO 23-1 7.7 .424 2.2 30 A. Brown 6’7 - 211 JR 20-0 1.9 .419 1.2 15 L. Hill 6’8-199 SR 21-3 3.9 .576 3.7 33 D. Owens 6’8 - 260 JR 14-0 3.2 .366 2.1 MCNEESE BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS 2017-18 McNeese State Numerical Roster Location. .Lake Charles, La. No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. L Hometown/Previous School Founded. .1939 0 Quatarrius Wilson F 6-8 200 Jr. 0 Mobile, Ala./Moberly Area Community College Enrollment . 8,162 1 Kalob Ledoux G 6-3 215 So. 1 Port Barre, La./Lafayette Christian Academy Nickname . .Cowboys 2 James Harvey G 6-2 172 Jr. 2 Amite, LA/Amite High School Affiliation . Southland Conference 3 Richard Laku F 6-8 190 R-So. 1 Dallas, TX/Sachse High School Colors . Blue (PMS 287) and Gold (PMS 116) 5 Fred Haywood SF 6-5 186 R-Fr. 0 Mound Bayou, Miss./John F. Kennedy HS Arena . Burton Coliseum 10 Jarren Greenwood G 6-2 172 Jr. 2 Houston, TX/Bellaire High School Available Capacity . 8,000 11 Myles Hutchinson PG 6-0 170 Fr. 0 Abbeville, La./Acadiana HS President . .Dr. Darrell Burkyl 12 Jacob Ledoux G 6-3 177 So. 1 Port Barre, La./Lafayette Christian Academy Athletic Director . Bruce Hemphill 13 Jacob Bonnington PF 6-11 228 R-Fr. 0 Sugar Land, Texas/Clements HS Ticket Office Phone . (337) 562-4MSU 15 LaBarrius Hill F 6-8 199 Sr. 1 Parrish, Ala./Parrish HS/Itawamba CC Website . www.McNeeseSports.com 20 Kelvin Henry, Jr. G 6-0 202 R-Fr. 0 Lake Charles, La./St. Louis Catholic HS 30 Adrian Brown F 6-7 211 Jr. 2 Houston, TX/Northshore Senior HS Twitter. @McNeeseSports 31 Stephen Ugochukwu F 6-7 220 Sr. 3 Lewisville, TX/Argyle Liberty Christian Academy . .@McNeeseMBB 33 Demarco Owens P 6-8 260 Jr. 0 St. Louis, Mo./Moberly Area Community College Men’s Hoops SID . Jessica Roberson Phone . (337) 475-5491 Head Coach: Dave Simmons (12th season) Cell . (325) 203-8260 Assistant Coach: David Dumars (17th season) Email . [email protected] Assistant Coach: Preston David (7th season) Assistant Coach: Eric Willis (7th season) HISTORY 2016-17 Record . 7-22 PRONUNCIATIONS: SLC Record/Finish . .4-14/13th Richard LAKU lah-koo First Year of Basketball . 1946 Stephen UGOCHUKWU you-go-chew-coo All-Time Record . .1,023-909 BY STATE: NCAA Touney Appearances, Last. 2, 2001-02 Alabama | Quatarrius Wilson, LaBarrius Hill, James Harvey All-Time NCAA Record. .0-2 Louisiana | Myles Hutchinson, Kelvin Henry Jr, Kalob Ledoux, Jacob Ledoux NIT Appearances, Last. 3, 2010-11 Mississippi | Fred Haywood All-Time NIT Record . 1-3 Missouri | Demarco Owens CollegeInsider.com Apperances . 1 Texas | Jarren Greenwood, Adrian Brown, Stephen Ugochukwu Last . .2011-12 Result . .L 76-63 at Toledo BY CLASSIFICATION: SLC Championships, Last .