2020-2021 SCHEDULE NEW ORLEANS BASKETBALL ALL TIMES CENTRAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE OVERALL 1-3 | SOUTHLAND 0-0 2020-2021 GAME NOTES HOME 0-1 | AWAY 0-2 | NEUTRAL 1-0 FOLLOW US! /PrivateersMBB @PrivateersMBB @privateersmbb NOVEMBER (0-2) 26 @ BYU L, 61-86 Contact Kelvin Queliz Email [email protected] Phone (917) 683-6517 27 @ Utah Canceled 29 @ Texas A&M L. 53-82 NEW ORLEANS BSN SPORTS DOLPHIN CLASSIC OPPONENTS DECEMBER (0-0) 74-57 WIN DEC 9 1:30 P.M. DEC 10 4:00 P.M. 2 Louisiana L, 63-66 8 vs. Florida National^ W, 74-57 9 vs. Campbell^ 1:30 P.M. 10 @ Jacksonville^ 4:00 P.M. 15 @ Louisiana 6:00 P.M. 16 @ LSU 8:00 P.M. JANUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) RECORD 1-3, 0-0 SLC RECORD 2-11 RECORD 2-0 RECORD 3-2 2 @ Stephen F. Austin* TBD 6 @ Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. (0-2 vs. D1 exhibitions) 9 UIW* 6:00 P.M. HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 16 McNeese* 6:00 P.M. Mark Slessinger 10th Season HEAD COACH Kevin McGeehan HEAD COACH 20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. Aurora ‘96 James “JJ” Thatcher 8th Season Tony Jasick 23 @ Nicholls* 5:00 P.M. 8th Season Gettysburg ‘95 7th Season 27 @ Northwestern State* 6:30 P.M. CAREER RECORD Shores Christian Academy Mars Hill ‘00 30 @ Southeastern* 4:00 P.M. Overall 147-176 CAREER RECORD at UNO 122-153 CAREER RECORD Overall 117-164 CAREER RECORD FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 SLC) vs. SLC 61-67 Overall 99-46 at CU 107-124 Overall 139-159 6 Stephen F. Austin* 6:00 P.M. vs. FNU 1-0 vs. UNO 0-0 vs. Big South 49-73 at JU 87-112 10 Central Arkansas* 7:00 P.M. vs. CU 0-1 vs. UNO 1-0 vs. ASUN 49-73 13 @ UIW* 6:30 P.M. vs. JU 0-0 vs. UNO 0-0 20 @ McNeese* 4:00 P.M. ALL-TIME SERIES 24 @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:00 P.M. ALL-TIME SERIES Campbell leads 1-0. ALL-TIME SERIES 27 Nicholls* 6:00 P.M. UNO leads 1-0. UNO leads 17-6. MARCH (0-0, 0-0 SLC) For more information on the all-time series see pages three and four. 3 Northwestern State* 6:00 P.M. 6 Southeastern* 7:00 P.M. 10-13 Southland Tournament* 6:00 P.M. TIP-OFF ^ BSN Sports Dolphin Classic >> New Orleans picked up its first win of the season yesterday afternoon defeating Florida National 74-57 in the * Southland Conference Game opening game of the BSN Sports Dolphin Classic. DAMION ROSSER hit his first seven shots on the way to a 10- for-11 career-high 22-point, 6 rebound performance to pace the Privateers. TROY GREEN finished with 18 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and two steals in his first career double-double. FloridianJAHMEL MYERS had his most complete game of the season scoring 7 points, grabbing 6 boards and distributing a career-high 7 assists. >> DAMION ROSSER has been on fire since returning from last season’s injury leading the Privateers in both points scored (16.3) and rebounding (7.0). Two games ago against Louisiana, he had his second career double-double COVERAGE INFORMATION with 18 points and 10 rebounds (both against the Cajuns), after finishing just a rebound shy of a double-double in TELEVISION None the opener at BYU. Rosser’s currently five points better than his career average (11.3) and is almost doubling his career average on the boards (3.7). The senior now has double-figure scoring in four straight contests for the first STREAMING Wednesday YouTube.com/JUDolphins1 time since last February and his 6-of-6 first half shooting performance against FNU just the third time Thursday ESPN+ >> LAMONT BERZAT, AHREN FREEMAN, TROY GREEN, JAHMEL MYERS and DAMION ROSSER have started RADIO NASH 106.1 FM / TuneIn App every game this season for the Privateers - the only time UNO was able to start the same five last season for three Play-by-Play Jude Young games in a row was from November 12-30 when GREEN, BRYSON ROBINSON, ROSSER, GERRALE GATES and JAYLEN KEY started five straight games. LIVE STATS JUDolphins.com >> LADARIUS MARSHALL continues to earn more minutes off the bench with his defensive hustle. “Krunchy” has played in 18 minutes, 20 minutes and 25 minutes in his first three games and improved his rebounding numbers TWITTER @PrivateersMBB each game so far this season - 4 at BYU, 5 at Texas A&M and 7 vs. Louisiana. The Jackson native had a tremen- dous game at Texas A&M scoring 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting with five rebounds, an assist and a steal. Marshall collected his first two blocks on the Lakefront against Louisiana as well. Updated Coverage Information can be found on UNOPrivateers.com or on Twitter at @PrivateersMBB PROJECTED STARTING FIVE (BASED ON LAST GAME) DAMION ROSSER LAMONT BERZAT TROY GREEN JAHMEL MYERS AHREN FREEMAN #1 GUARD #2 GUARD #3 GUARD #4 FORWARD #11 FORWARD POINTS 16.3 POINTS 7.8 POINTS 12.3 POINTS 4.8 POINTS 4.5 REBOUNDS 7.0 REBOUNDS 3.8 REBOUNDS 5.8 REBOUNDS 4.0 REBOUNDS 3.5 STEALS 0.8 STEALS 1.5 STEALS 1.5 STEALS 0.7 STEALS 0.3 ASSISTS 2.8 ASSISTS 4.0 ASSISTS 2.0 ASSISTS 2.8 ASSISTS 1.8 MINUTES 33.5 MINUTES 28.5 MINUTES 28.8 MINUTES 22.5 MINUTES 19.8 >> UNOPRIVATEERS.COM @PRIVATEERSMBB -1- NEW ORLEANS BASKETBALL 2020-2021 ROSTER NEWS & NOTES # NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Jay Rodgers G 6-3 185 Fr. Columbus, Ohio Winchendon Prep 1 Damion Rosser G 6-4 220 R-Jr. McDonough, Ga. Henry County HS 2 Lamont Berzat G 5-6 155 Sr. New Orleans, La. Landry-Walker HS 3 Troy Green G 6-3 215 Sr. St. Rose, La. Believe Prep Academy 4 Jahmel Myers F 6-6 215 Jr. Cape Coral, Fla. Mariner HS RECORD CHASING TROY 5 Charles Bohannon G 6-0 205 Sr. Austin, Texas Jack C. Hays HS >> Preseason All-Southland selection TROY GREEN has made his 10 Derek St. Hilaire G 5-11 180 Gr. Atlanta, Ga. Jacksonville State way up the school record books in several categories. With four 11 Ahren Freeman F 6-6 235 So. Orange Park, Fla. Providence School of Jacksonville made free throws in the season opener, he now ranks 10th in all 12 Norris Williams G 6-2 165 Fr. New Orleans, La. Archbishop Hannan HS time (286) in that category. His second steal against FNU moved 13 Kmani Doughty G 6-5 195 R-Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Florida Prep him to 111 career swipes, and past A.J. MEREDITH into 10th all-time 15 Tamir Bynum G 6-2 160 Jr. Houston, Texas Prairie View A&M in school history. 20 Larry Robinson III G 5-11 175 R-Sr. Bossier City, La. Southern University (Shreveport) 21 Bol Tong F 6-9 215 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Hill JC >> The St. Rose native sits just outside the top 10 in points (992), 23 LaDarius Marshall F 6-6 230 Jr. Jackson, Miss. Hinds CC assists (258), games played (99). He is just four points away from 24 Rodney Carson Jr. G 6-3 180 So. Philadelphia, Pa. Combine Academy becoming the 24th member of the 1,000 point club in school history. 32 Rashad Holmes G 5-11 195 Fr. New Orleans, La. John Curtis HS FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PAGE 21. 33 D’Ante Bell F 6-9 225 Fr. Shreveport, La. Bossier HS GREEN TO HIT THE CENTURY MARK IN APPEARANCES COACHES & STAFF >> TROY GREEN is the only returner to appear in all 30 games last Head Coach Mark Slessinger Aurora ‘96 10th Season at UNO season as the injury-riddled Privateers were forced to mix and match Assistant Coach Jody Bailey Louisville ‘95 5th Season at UNO rotations throughout lasy season year. Green has started 54 straight Assistant Coach Kris Arkenberg IUPUI ‘09 10th Season at UNO games - missing just one game two seasons ago at Baylor - and Assistant Coach Jay Smith LSU-Alexandria ‘17 2nd Season at UNO played in 99 out of 100 possible games in his career. Director of Basketball Ops Cory Dixon New Orleans ‘14 2nd Season at UNO Graduate Manager John Curtis Creed Centenary ‘19 2nd Season at UNO FIRST HALF PEFRECTION Video / Analytics / Internal Ops Bradley Feig New Orleans ‘20 4th Season at UNO >> DAMION ROSSER’S 6-of-6 performance in the first half against FNU ranks as the third-best shooting performance in the opening SPORTS MEDICINE & PERFORMANCE Athletic Trainer Nick Holtgreive Ouachita Baptist ‘12 6th Season at UNO frame in program history. OSCAR TAYLOR (1981) and NATE MILLS Sports Performance Coach Matt Hans Mount. St. Joseph ‘14 1st Sesason at UNO (1985) each had 7-of-7 performance over four decades ago. Sports Performance Intern Beaux Hebert Nicholls ‘15 3rd Season at UNO FAMILIAR FOES >> While the meeting with Florida National was a first, UNO is very PRONUNCIATION GUIDE familiar with Campbell and Jacksonville. Mark Slessinger’s Privateers Kris Arkenberg Ark-en-berg and Kevin McGeehan’s Camels a met in the quarterfinals of the D’Ante Bell Dee-Anh-tay College Basketball Invitational in 2018. EZEKIEL CHARLES’ three- Lamont Berzat Lah-mont Bur-zaht pointer with 7.7 seconds to go seemed to force overtime before Gory Tamir Bynum Ta-meer Bye-num Gensler hit a buzzer-beater to send the Camels to the next round.