Southeastern Men’s Basketball 2020-21 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES Men’s Basketball Contact: Chris Salim • E-Mail: [email protected] • Office: (985) 549-2142 • Cell: (318) 471-5972 Website: LionSports.net • Twitter: @LionUpAthletics; @LionUpMBB @DavidKieferSLU • Facebook: /SLUathletics; /SLUBasketball NCAA TOURNAMENT 2005 • SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPION 2003-04, 2004-05, 2017-18 • SOUTHLAND TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 2005 TRANS AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (TAAC) WEST DIVISION CHAMPION 1994-95 GULF STATES CONFERENCE CHAMPION 1953-54 • GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPION 1972-73 • GULF STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPION 1984-85 Game 22: SLU Lions at Northwestern State Demons 2020-21 ScHEdULE Date Opponent Time/Result SLU Lions (7-14, 5-7) Nov. 25 at Purdue Fort Wayne L 67-63 OT at Northwestern State Demons (8-13, 7-5) Nov. 28 at UAB L 84-57 Saturday, Feb. 27 • 3 p.m. Nov. 30 at LSU L 96-43 Natchitoches, La. Dec. 2 at California Baptist W 81-80 Prather Coliseum Dec. 4 at California Baptist L 83-66 Dec. 9 at Louisiana Tech L 78-69 Dec. 15 at Texas A&M L 69-52 Dec. 23 at Grambling W 77-70 The Southeastern Louisiana men’s bas- Game Information Dec. 29 at Lamar (non-conference) L 74-64 ketball team takes on Northwestern State Jan. 6 Sam Houston* L 70-52 Radio ..............................................................................None Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Prather Jan. 9 at Nicholls* L 87-67 TV/Watch ................................................................. ESPN+ Coliseum looking to clinch a spot in the 2021 Live Stats ...........................................www.LionSports.net Jan. 13 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 76-63 Southland Conference Tournament. Live Streaming .......................................www.LionSports.net Jan. 16 at Abilene Christian* L 76-42 Southeastern currently sits in seventh Series Record .............................................. NSU Leads 86-55 Jan. 20 at McNeese* W 92-88 Last Meeting ............... (Jan. 23, 2021 - NSU 73, SLU 68 Jan. 23 Northwestern State* L 73-68 place in the conference standings with just .......................................... ...............................(Hammond, La) three games remaining. With a win Saturday, Jan. 27 Central Arkansas* W 69-57 the Lions can clinch a spot in the conference Jan. 30 New Orleans* W 79-73 Feb. 10 at Sam Houston * L 79-61 tournament. by Gus Okafor with 20 points while Keon Feb. 13 Nicholls* L 86-84 OT The Lions will try to even the season Clergeot added 16. Feb. 20 Abilene Christian* PPD series with the Demons after falling at home The Demons lead the all-time series over Feb. 22 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 78-75 to Northwestern, 73-68, Jan. 23. SLU trailed the Lions 86-55 but SLU has won seven Feb. 24 McNeese* L 95-91 by as many as 21 points, 34-13, in the first half of the last eight including four in a row at Feb. 27 at Northwestern State* 3 p.m. before rallying to take the lead in the second Prather Coliseum. The two teams played an Mar. 3 at Central Arkansas* 7 p.m. half. However, with the Lions leading 66-64 overtime thriller last year in Natchitoches Mar. 6 at New Orleans* 6 p.m. with 2:58 remaining, the Demons went on a with the Lions picking up the 84-81 win. Mar. 10-13 Southland Conference Tournament TBA 7-0 run to seal the win. Southeastern was led (Katy, Texas) * - Southland Conference Game ^ - Merrill Center, Katy, Texas LIONS’ PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP Home Games in Bold. All times Central and subject to change Saturday’s Game Facts - SLU has won seven of last eight over Demons - Lions have won four straight in Natchitoches. 2 4 0 35 25 - SLU’s Keon Clergeot in second in the conference in JOE scoring (18.2 ppg) during conference play ISIAH KEON ELIJAH GUS KIRBY CLERGEOT KASPERZYK - Clergeot leads the conference in free throws made IFEJEH OKAFOR JR./G/6-3/190/TR SO./G/6-4/195/IL SR./G/6-1/190/TR SR./F/6-8/240/TR JR./F/6-6/230/TR with 123, fourth in the nation New Haven, Conn. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Winter Haven, Fla. Montreal, Canada Baltimore, Maryland UMass Odessa College - SLU leads the conference in offensive rebounding Sagemont HS ULM Miami Dade College GP/GS: ...............19/18 averaging 12.7 a game. GP/GS: ..............18/18 GP/GS: ...............20/17 GP/GS: ...............20/20 GP/GS: ...............20/20 PPG........................ 7.4 PPG...................... 15.7 PPG........................ 4.5 PPG...................... 12.3 PPG...................... 10.4 - SLU is 6-2 when scoring 70 or more points RPG ....................... 3.2 RPG ....................... 3.5 RPG ....................... 3.9 RPG ....................... 7.0 RPG ....................... 2.2 - SLU enters Saturday in seventh place in conference APG ....................... 2.6 APG ....................... 2.4 APG ....................... 0.3 APG ...................... .1.2 APG ....................... 2.3 standings (SFA ineligible for postseason) BPG ....................... 0.3 BPG ....................... 0.1 BPG ....................... 0.4 BPG ....................... 0.3 BPG ....................... 0.1 SPG ........................ 0.8 SPG ........................ 0.7 SPG ........................ 0.2 SPG ........................ 1.2 SPG ........................ 1.4 MIN ..................... 26.0 MIN ..................... 32.3 MIN ..................... 16.6 MIN ..................... 31.6 MIN ..................... 26.6 2020-21 Stats 2020-21 Stats 2020-21 Stats 2020-21 Stats 2020-21 Stats 2020-21 ROSTER NUMERIcAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Elijah Ifejeh (i-FAY-jay) F 6-9 240 Sr. Montreal, Quebec, Canada/ULM 2 Isiah Kirby G 6-4 195 So Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cypress Bay HS 3 Maxim Romanov (Moxum Roman-off) G/F 6-8 200 So Nahariyya, Israel/Impact Basketball Academy 4 Keon Clergeot (Clare-Jo) G 6-1 190 Sr. Winter Haven, Fla./UMass 5 Byron Smith G 6-1 170 So. Gainesville, Fla./P.K. Yonge HS 10 Jon'Darius Warren G 6-0 180 So. Corinth, Miss./Northeast JC 11 McKay Howell G 6-7 190 So. Louisville, KY/Country Day HS 12 Matt Strange G 5-11 170 Jr. The Woodlands, Texas/St. Pius HS 22 Nick Caldwell F 6-7 215 So. Geismar, La./Dutchtown HS 24 Jamon Kemp (juh-MON) G/F 6-6 195 Fr. Seattle, Wash./Woodstock Academy 25 Joe Kasperzyk (Casper-Zick) G 6-3 190 Jr. New Haven, Conn./Odessa College 33 Max Brackmann C 7-2 270 Fr. Loehne, Germany/BBG Herford 35 Gus Okafor (OAK-uh-for) G/F 6-6 230 Jr. Baltimore, MD/Miami Dade College ALpHABETIcAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 33 Max Brackmann C 7-2 270 Fr. Loehne, Germany/BBG Herford 22 Nick Caldwell F 6-7 215 So. Geismar, La./Dutchtown HS 4 Keon Clergeot (Key-on Clare-Jo) G 6-1 190 Sr. Winter Haven, Fla./UMass 11 McKay Howell G 6-7 190 So. Louisville, KY/Country Day HS 0 Elijah Ifejeh (i-FAY-jay) F 6-9 240 Sr. Montreal, Quebec, Canada/ULM 25 Joe Kasperzyk (Casperzik) G 6-3 190 Jr. New Haven, Conn./Odessa College 24 Jamon Kemp (Juh-mon) G/F 6-6 195 Fr. Seattle, Wash./Woodstock Academy 2 Isiah Kirby G 6-3 195 So Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cypress Bay HS 35 Gus Okafor (Oak-uh-for) G/F 6-6 230 Jr. Baltimore, MD/Miami Dade College 3 Maxim Romanov (Moxum - Roman-off) G/F 6-8 200 So Nahariyya, Israel/Impact Basketball Academy 12 Matt Strange G 5-11 170 Jr. The Woodlands, Texas/St. Pius HS 5 Byron Smith G 6-3 180 So. Gainesville, Fla./P.K. Yonge HS 10 JonDarius Warren G 6-0 180 So. Corinth, Miss./Northeast JC HEAd cOAcH: David Kiefer (Key-fer) (2nd Season, Kansas State, 2007) ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Mark Lieberman (FIU, 1995) Jordan Brooks (Hampton, 2012), Riley Conroy (Tulane, 2018) dIREcTOR Of ScOUTINg/SpEcIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAd cOAcH: Dean Baumert (Bom-ert)(2013) HEAd MANAgER: Jalen Johnson HEAd TRAINER: Codi Simmons SENIORS (4): Keon Clergeot, Elijah Ifejeh JUNIORS (4): Joe Kasperzyk, Gus Okafor, Matthew Strange SOpHOMORES (6): Nick Caldwell, McKay Howell, Isiah Kirby, Max Romanov, Byron Smith, Jon'Darius Warren fRESHMEN (2): Max Brackmann, Jamon Kemp City Pronounciations: Geismar - Guys-mer Loehne - Lune-ay Nahariya - Na-hah-ree-ah Ziguinchor - Zee-Zin-chow Page 2 - Southeastern Louisiana Men’s Basketball Notes • SLU Lions at Northwestern State Demons - Feb. 27, 2021 - Page 2 2020-21 QUIcK fAcTS UNIVERSITY INfORMATION Mobile Phone .....................................................................................(225) 938-5987 E-Mail Address ............................................. [email protected] Name ......................................... Southeastern Louisiana University Assistant Director (Men's Basketball Contact) ...............Chris Salim Founded ..........................................................................................1925 Office Number ..................................................................................(985) 549-2142 Location .............................................................Hammond, Louisiana Mobile Phone (Preferred Contact #) .............................(318) 471-5972 Enrollment .................................................................................15,403 E-Mail Address ...................................... [email protected] Nickname ...................................................................................... Lions Office Fax ..............................................................................................(985) 549-3773 School Colors .............. Green (PMS 3425) and Gold (PMS 124) Press Row Number .......................................................................(985) 549-2326 Affiliation ................................................................