Contact: Calhoun Hipp | 972-422-9500,Contact: ext.Josh 110 Yonis | [email protected]. Director of Communications MEN’S 972-422-9500, ext. 107 (o) 817-899-6499 (c) BASKETBALL [email protected] Week Nine Notes Jan. 18-24, 2021 Southland.org | Facebook.com/SouthlandSports | @SouthlandSports | Instagram.com/SouthlandSports 2020-21 Southland Conference Standings Conference Overall School W-L Pct. Home Away Streak W-L Pct. Home Away Neut. Streak Sam Houston 5-0 1.000 2-0 3-0 W5 11-5 0.688 7-0 4-4 0-1 W8 Abilene Christian 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 W3 11-2 0.846 7-0 1-2 3-0 W4 Stephen F. Austin 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 W3 7-2 0.778 6-0 1-2 0-0 W4 Nicholls 4-1 0.800 2-1 2-0 W4 6-5 0.545 2-1 2-4 2-0 W4 UIW 2-2 0.500 1-1 1-1 L1 5-6 0.455 4-2 1-4 0-0 L1 New Orleans 2-2 0.500 2-0 0-2 W2 3-9 0.250 2-2 0-6 1-1 W2 Central Arkansas 2-3 0.400 1-2 1-1 L3 3-10 0.231 2-2 1-8 0-0 L3 Lamar 1-3 0.250 1-0 0-3 L1 3-10 0.231 2-1 1-8 0-1 L1 Southeastern La. 1-3 0.250 1-1 0-2 L1 3-10 0.231 1-1 2-9 0-0 L1 Houston Baptist 1-3 0.250 1-1 0-2 L3 2-10 0.167 2-2 0-8 0-0 L3 Northwestern State 1-3 0.250 0-2 1-1 L1 2-13 0.133 1-3 1-9 0-1 L1 A&M-Corpus Christi 0-1 0.000 0-0 0-1 L1 3-7 0.300 3-2 0-4 0-1 L1 McNeese 0-4 0.000 0-2 0-2 L4 6-7 0.462 6-2 0-5 0-0 L4 Week Nine Schedule Quick Hitters Wednesday, Jan. 20 - Sam Houston’s Zach Nutall was tabbed the Lou Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese ......6:30 p.m. Henson Award National Player of the Week by Northwestern St. at Stephen F. Austin (ESPN+) ..6:30 p.m. College Insider after averaging 30.5 points and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at New Orleans ..7 p.m. 9.5 rebounds per game and shooting 68.8 percent Nicholls at Houston Baptist ..........................7 p.m. both from the field and from three. Abilene Christian at Sam Houston (ESPN+) ..8:30 p.m. - The Division I leader in turnovers forced per Saturday, Jan. 16 game (22.69), Abilene Christian forced 30 Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian (ESPN+) ..3 p.m. turnovers in a win over Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Men’s Basketball Tournament Northwestern St. at Southeastern La. (ESPN+) ..4 p.m. the most by the Wildcats against a Division I March 10-13, 2021 Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas Lamar at Stephen F. Austin (ESPN+) ......4:30 p.m. opponent in program history. New Orleans at Nicholls ...............................5 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at UIW ..........6:30 p.m. - Stephen F. Austin stayed perfect in league play Game 1: No. 8 Seed vs. No. 5 Seed (ESPN+) ...........5 p.m. McNeese at Houston Baptist .......................7 p.m. thanks to a balanced attack against UIW with six Game 2: No. 7 Seed vs. No. 6 Seed (ESPN+) ......7:30 p.m. ‘Jacks finishing in double-digits. Thursday, March 11 Game 3: Winner Gm. 1 vs. No. 4 Seed (ESPN+) .......5 p.m. Preseason Poll Preseason All-Conference Game 4: Winner Gm. 2 vs. No. 3 Seed (ESPN+) ..7:30 p.m. Pl. Team (first-place votes) ...................... Total First Team Friday, March 12 1. Stephen F. Austin (17) ............................... 278 Joe Pleasant*........ACU .....F ........Jr. ....Overland Park, Kan. Game 5: Winner Gm. 3 vs. No. 1 Seed (ESPN+) .......5 p.m. 2. Abilene Christian (3) ................................. 254 Rylan Bergersen* ..UCA .....G .......Sr. ...............Boise, Idaho Game 6: Winner Gm. 4 vs. No. 2 Seed (ESPN+) ..7:30 p.m. 3. Sam Houston ............................................ 216 Dru Kuxhausen* ....MCN ....G .......Sr. ........ Scottsbluff, Neb. 4. Nicholls (1) ............................................... 209 Zach Nutall* ..........SHSU ...G .......Jr. .............. Bryan, Texas Saturday, March 13 5. Lamar (3) ................................................. 199 Gavin Kensmil* .....SFA ......F ........Sr. Paramaribo, Suriname Championship Game (TBD) ........................................ TBD 6. McNeese (2) ............................................. 177 7. Central Arkansas ...................................... 153 Second Team 8. New Orleans ............................................. 132 DeAndre Jones .....UCA .....PG .....Sr. ...............Boise, Idaho Southland Southland 9. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ........................ 131 Davion Buster .......LU .......G .......Jr. ..............Austin, Texas Record Book Statistics 10. Northwestern State .................................. 123 A.J. Lawson ..........MCN ....G .......Sr. .............. Bryan, Texas 11. Southeastern Louisiana .............................. 68 Troy Green ............UNO .....G .......Sr. ...............St. Rose, La. 12. UIW ............................................................ 64 Kevin Johnson ......NICH ....G .......Sr. ........... Thibodaux, La. Mid-Major NCAA 13. Houston Baptist .......................................... 24 Roti Ware ..............SFA ......G .......Sr. .............Morton, Miss. Poll Statistics * - Automatic selection, 2019-20 All-Conference Southland Conference • 2801 Network Blvd. Suite 502 • Frisco, Texas 75034 • 972-422-9500 (o) • 972-422-9225 (f) Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Week Nine Southland Head Coaches Southland SID Contacts vs. Non-Conference Abilene Christian .................................... Joe Golding Abilene Christian ................................................ Cassie Kelley Opponents School Record, Years: .................................145-141, 10 Office: .................................................................. 325-674-6171 Career Record, Years: .................................145-141, 10 Cell: ..................................................................... 304-208-3026 America East .................................................... 0-0 Assistants: ................................ Brette Tanner, Jon Trilli E-mail: .............................................................. [email protected] ...................................... Antonio Bostic, Colton Southall American .......................................................... 0-7 Central Arkansas .....................................................Steve East A-10 ................................................................. 0-1 Central Arkansas ...............................Anthony Boone Office: .................................................................. 501-450-5743 School Record, Years: ...................................... 12-23, 2 ACC .................................................................. 0-0 Career Record, Years: ...................................... 12-23, 2 Cell: ..................................................................... 501-339-8215 A-SUN .............................................................. 0-2 Assistants:... ............Matt Scherbenske, Brock Widders E-mail: ................................................................ [email protected] Big Ten ............................................................. 0-1 ................................................................ John Cranford Houston Baptist ......................................................Jeff Sutton Big 12 ............................................................. 0-11 Houston Baptist ...................................... Ron Cottrell Office: .................................................................. 281-649-3208 Big East ............................................................ 0-0 School Record, Years: ................................493-441, 30 Cell: ..................................................................... 512-426-3275 Big Sky ............................................................. 1-0 Career Record, Years: ................................493-441, 30 E-mail: ..............................................................jsutton@hbu.edu Big South .......................................................... 0-1 Assistants: ............ Steven Key, Jud Kinne, Keith Berard Big West ........................................................... 1-0 UIW .............................................................................Eric Hunt UIW ........................................Dr. Carson Cunningham Office: .................................................................. 210-829-6041 Colonial ............................................................ 0-0 School Record, Years: ......................................20-53, 3 E-mail: .................................................ehunt@student.uiwtx.edu C-USA ............................................................. 1-11 Career Record, Years: ...................................127-105, 8 Horizon ............................................................. 0-1 Assistants: ............Chris Artis, Taylor Land, Ryne Smith Lamar ...................................................................James Dixon Independents .................................................... 0-0 Lamar .............................................................Tic Price Office: .................................................................. 409-880-8329 Ivy League ........................................................ 0-0 Cell: ..................................................................... 936-552-1171 School Record, Years: .................................. 105-105, 8 Metro Atlantic ................................................... 0-0 Career Record, Years: ................................ 270-227, 18 E-mail: ...................................................james.dixon@lamar.edu Assistants: ................David Dumars, Brandon Chappell, Mid-American ................................................... 0-0 ........................................