SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 29, 2020 | GAME NOTES #NOLASTEAM 15-11 11-6 - / - 11-16 8-10 - / - OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (AP/COACHES) - vs - KEESHAWN DAVENPORT 76-172 DOBEE PLAISANCE HEAD COACH RECORD AT UNO, 9TH SEASON privateers HEAD COACH COLONELS NEW ORLEANS AT HOW TO TUNE IN SERIES AT A GLANCE 2019-20 SCHEDULE (H: 9-3; A: 6-8; N: 0-0) GAME NICHOLLS Play-by-Play: Jude Young OVERALL 26-21 (15-11 Overall, 11-6 Southland Conference) Thibodaux, La. • Stopher Gymnasium Stats: http://bit.ly/3aeAFe8 in New Orleans 17-7 #27 1:00 PM CT • Feb. 29, 2020 Video: http://bit.ly/2PAjtI6 in Thibodaux 9-12 Date Opponent Time/Result Audio: http://bit.ly/38byZka Neutral 0-2 NOVEMBER (2-4) Last Meeting W: 77-65 (1/23/20) 5 at LSU L, 49-83 TIP-OFF TALE OF THE TAPE 8 at #22 Arkansas L, 52-82 • CAN’T GUARD FRANKLIN 12 PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN W, 91-31 Senior guard Rehema Franklin has been the unques- 15 at Ole Miss W, 69-64 tioned force between the Privateer scoring attack as 21 LOUISIANA L, 60-65 she leads the team with an average of 13.6 points 27 at Texas State L, 49-51 per game (eighth in the conference). She has 16 DECEMBER (2-3) double-digit scoring games in total and has gone over 64.6 POINTS/GAME 64.3 1 at #RV Iowa State L, 53-71 the 20-point plateau in seven games overall so far 14 TOUGALOO W, 91-69 this year, including a career-high of 33 back on Dec. .383 FG% .408 18 at Abilene Christian * L, 62-76 28, 2019, which is the second-best total posted this 21 SAM HOUSTON STATE * L, 46-78 season by a Southland athlete. .288 3FG% .259 28 NORTH DAKOTA W, 79-73 • LOOKING TO SET SOUTHLAND VICTORY PROGRAM JANUARY(7-1) RECORD .667 FT % .730 2 at Lamar * W, 62-57 The New Orleans women’s basketball team is looking 4 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN * W, 53-50 to set a new program record for Southland Confer- 38.7 REBOUNDS/GAME 33.6 8 at Central Arkansas * W, 49-37 ence wins in today’s contest. With their 85-59 road 11 at UIW * W, 67-55 victory against McNeese this past Saturday, the 10.9 ASSISTS/GAME 12.8 18 MCNEESE * W, 78-59 Privateers collected their 11th conference victory 22 A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI * L, 53-83 for just the second time since joining the Southland, 3.8 BLOCKS/GAME 2.3 25 NICHOLLS * W, 77-65 matching its program record set during the 2017-18 29 at Northwestern State * W, 77-63 season. 10.3 STEALS/GAME 11.1 FEBRUARY (4-3) • LARRY LEAPS UP CAREER LIST IN BLOCKS 1 at Southeastern * L, 57-73 Senior forward Whitley Larry continued her ascend 63.8 SCORING DEFENSE 68.6 5 HBU * W, 88-84 up the career blocks list as she moved into into 8 at Stephen F. Austin* L, 47-59 seventh all-time in program history this season. She .394 FG% DEFENSE .419 12 CENTRAL ARKANSAS * W, 85-73 now has 126 blocks overall in 124 career games. Larry 15 UIW * W, 61-57 leads the Southland this season in blocks with 1.7 per .282 3FG% DEFENSE .312 22 at McNeese * W, 85-59 contest and is 75th in the country in rejections. 26 at A&M - Corpus Christi * L, 43-40 • HANDS TEAM -1.6 REBOUND MARGIN -4.4 29 at Nicholls * 1:00 PM New Orleans is 31st in the nation in steals per game MARCH (0-0) (10.3) and 43rd in total steals (267). They are also 0.6 ASSISTS-TO RATIO 0.6 4 NORTHWESTERN STATE * 7:00 PM 22nd in the nation in forced turnovers (20.58 PG). 7 SOUTHEASTERN * 4:00 PM PROJECTED STARTERS 12-15 SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS # TBD All times central and subject to change Rank: AP Top 25 / WBCA Coaches’ Poll * Southland Conference Game # Southland Tournament - Katy, Texas Rehema Franklin Dionjhae Thomas Mary Delgado Asia Woods Whitley Larry 3 SR • Guard 23 JR • Guard 25 FR • Guard 31 SR • Forward 32 SR • Forward COMMUNICATIONS MIN 21.3 MIN 22.5 MIN 10.5 MIN 29.8 MIN 29.4 MATTHEW SCHAEFER PPG 13.4 PPG 6.2 PPG 3.4 PPG 11.7 PPG 6.2 Assistant Director of Athletic Communications e: [email protected] FG% .397 FG% .399 FG% .372 FG% .480 FG% .370 c: 716-907-2044 AST 1.1 AST 2.0 AST 0.9 REB 8.0 REB 7.0 @schaefsports NEW ORLEANS NICHOLLS CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA LEADERS LEADERS Pts .........................R. Franklin .................... 349 (13.4 PPG) Pts .........................Ezechukwu.......................326 (13.6 PPG) /PrivateersWBB FG Made ...............A. Woods ..................... 117 FG Made................Ezechukwu....................... 121 FG% .......................N. Jordan ..................... .500 FG%........................Hamilton....................... .502 @PrivateersWBB 3PT Made ..............R. Franklin .................... 40 3PT Made...............Williams........................ 34 3PT% ......................W. Larry ....................... .556 3PT%.......................Ezechukwu.................... .667 @PrivateersWBB FT Made .................R. Franklin .................... 81 FT Made..................Johnson ...................... ...87 FT% ........................T. Bruce ........................ .818 FT%.........................Hamilton....................... .794 NOLASTEAM Reb ........................A. Woods ..................... 207 (8.0 RPG) Reb.........................Ezechukwu.................... 146 (6.1 RPG) # Asts ........................D. Thomas .................... 51 (2.0 APG) Asts.........................Williams........................ 114 (4.2 APG) Blocks ....................W. Larry ....................... 43 (1.7 BPG) Blocks.....................Ezechukwu.................... 22 (0.9 BPG) Steals .....................R. Franklin .................... 53 (2.0 SPG) Steals......................Williams........................ 68 (2.5 SPG) 2019-20 @PrivateersWBB NUMERICAL ROSTER COACHING STAFF NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL NAME POS. // YR. AT UNO ALMA MATER // YR. 00 Nia Jordan G/F 6-1 Fr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Neumann & Gorretti Keeshawn Davenport Head Coach // 9th New Orleans // 2001 1 Jada Duncantell G 5-4 Jr. Natchitoches, Louisiana / Natchitoches Central HS Alpha English Assistant Coach // 9th San Jose State // 2005 3 Rehema Franklin G 5-3 Sr. New Orleans, Louisiana / Pearl River CC Wyketha Harrell Assistant Coach // 5th Missouri Southern // 2004 4 Vaquela Pimpton G 5-8 Sr. Tallahatchie, Mississippi / Holmes CC Kristin Moore Assistant Coach // 4th St. John’s // 2009 5 Traya Bruce G 5-7 So. Cut Off, Louisiana / South Lafourche HS Kendall Shaw Director of Operations // 2nd Vanderbilt // 2016 11 Annalise Brisco G 5-10 Jr. Houston, Texas / Clear Falls HS 13 Kayla Thomas C 6-5 R-Sr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Central Florida 20 Jada Swafford G 5-9 R-Jr. Alexandria, Louisiana / University Academy 21 Mia Deck G 5-7 Fr. Frisco, Texas / Lone Star HS (COMO SE DICE) 23 Dionjhae Thomas G 5-6 Jr. Thibodaux, Louisiana / Houma Christian HS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 25 Mary Delgado G 5-8 Fr. Miami, Florida / Miami Northwestern Sr. HS Rehema Franklin .........Rah-HE-ma 31 Asia Woods F 6-0 Sr. Houston, Texas / Lutheran High North Vaquela Pimpton ........Goes by “Pebbles” 32 Whitley Larry F 6-1 Sr. Rayne, Louisiana / Rayne HS Traya Bruce .................TREY-uh 34 Kyla Malone F 5-11 Sr. Oxford, Mississippi / Pearl River CC Dionjhae Thomas........Dion-JAY Whitley Larry ..............WHIT-LEE Keeshawn Davenport .KEY-shawn Wyketha Harrell ..........WHY-KEY-THA RADIO/TV ROSTER Nia Jordan Jada Duncantell Rehema Franklin Pebbles Pimpton Traya Bruce Annalise Brisco Kayla Thomas 00 G/F • 6-1 • Fr. 1 G • 5-4 • Jr. 3 G • 5-3 • Sr. 4 G • 5-8 • Sr. 5 G • 5-7 • So. 11 G • 5-10 • Jr. 13 C • 6-5 • R-Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. Natchitoches, La. New Orleans, La. Tallahatchie, Miss. Cut Off, La. Houston, Texas Philadelphia, Pa. Jada Swafford Mia Deck Dionjhae Thomas Mary Delgado Asia Woods Whitley Larry Kyla Malone 20 G • 5-9 • R-Jr. 21 G • 5-8 • Fr. 23 G • 5-6 • Jr. 25 G • 5-8 • Fr. 31 F • 6-0 • Sr. 32 F • 6-1 • Sr. 34 F • 5-11 • Sr. Alexandria, La. Dallas, Texas Thibodaux, La. Miami, Fla. Houston, Texas Rayne, La. Oxford, Miss. Keeshawn Davenport Alpha English Wyketha Harrell Kristin Moore Kendall Shaw Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Ops. Ninth Season Ninth Season Fifth Season Fourth Season Second Season game notes • #NOLASTEAM - 2 - 2019-20 @PrivateersWBB NICHOLLS COLONELS 2019-20 QUICK FACTS NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION 0 Tykeria Williams G 5-6 Sr. Montgomery, Ala./ Lee HS Location ...............................New Orleans, Louisiana 2 Terris McKay G 5-4 Fr. Houma, La./ Ellender HS Enrollment .........................................8,231 3 Kacie Fountain G 5-7 Sr. Walker, La./ Southwest Mississippi CC Founded ............................................ 1958 5 Airi Hamilton G 5-8 R-Sr Natchitoches, La./ Ponchatoula HS Nickname....................................... Privateers Colors ......................................Royal Blue & Silver 11 Adrian Mann G 5-8 So. Mokane, Mo./ South Callaway HS Affiliation ................................... NCAA Division I 13 Kinzie Heineman G 5-7 Jr. San Antonio, Texas/ Brennan HS Conference .................................... Southland 15 Lauryn Bowie F 5-9 R-So. Duncanville, Texas/ Duncanville HS President .................................. Dr. John Nicklow 22 Loan-Anh Johnson G 5-8 So. Wichita, Kan./ Wichita South HS Alma Mater ...........................Bucknell, 1992 24 Chelsea Cain F 6-0 Fr. Prairieville, La./ Dutchtown HS Director of Athletics .....................Tim Duncan 25 Chrystal Ezechukwu F 6-0 Sr. Decatur, Ga./ Jones County JC Alma Mater ..........................Memphis, 1992 32 Korie Leary C 5-10 R-Jr. Dallas, Texas/ Lincoln HS Athletic Department Phone....... (504) 280-6102 33 Bryanna Washington F 5-9 Jr. Irving, Texas/ Ranchvie HS HISTORY First Season .....................................1975-76 Head Coach: DoBee Plaisance (Southern Miss ‘86) - 12th season All-Time Record ...............................518-714 Assistant Coach: Jenny Nash (Nicholls ‘15) – 3rd season Conference Championships (season) ... 0 Assistant Coach: Chad Killinger (Franklin ‘97) – 1st season Conference Championships (tourney) .. 0 Assistant Coach: Connor McNelis (Southern Miss ‘17) – 1st season NCAA Appearances ...........................1, 1987 WNIT Appearances ......................2, 1983, 1988 ......................................