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 Six Notes Dec. 28, 2020-Jan. 3, 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 Abilene Christian 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 7-2 0.778 4-0 0-2 3-0 L1 Stephen F. Austin 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 3-2 0.600 3-0 0-2 0-0 L2 McNeese 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 4-3 0.571 4-0 0-3 0-0 L1 Sam Houston State 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 5-5 0.500 4-0 1-4 0-1 W2 Nicholls 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 2-4 0.333 0-0 0-4 2-0 L4 A&M-Corpus Christi 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 3-6 0.333 3-2 0-3 0-1 W2 UIW 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 1-3 0.250 1-1 0-2 0-0 L2 Southeastern La. 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 2-6 0.250 0-0 2-6 0-0 W1 Central Arkansas 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 1-6 0.143 1-0 0-6 0-0 W1 Houston Baptist 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 1-7 0.125 1-1 0-6 0-0 L3 Lamar 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 1-7 0.125 0-1 1-5 0-1 L3 New Orleans 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 1-7 0.125 0-2 0-4 1-1 L4 Northwestern State 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 -- 1-10 0.091 1-1 0-8 0-1 L5 Week Six Schedule Tuesday, Dec. 29 Thursday, Dec. 31 Central Arkansas at No. 2 Baylor (ESPN+) ............3 p.m. McMurry at UIW ....................................................1 p.m. UIW at No. 13 Texas Tech (ESPN+) ........................6 p.m. Mary Hardin-Baylor at Sam Houston State ...... 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1 Champion Christian at McNeese ..................... 6:30 p.m. McMurry at UIW ....................................................1 p.m. Dallas Christian at Abilene Christian......................7 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana at Lamar (ESPN+) ...........7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2 Lamar at Abilene Christian (ESPN+) ......................3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30 Central Arkansas at McNeese ...............................4 p.m. Southland Men’s Basketball Tournament Champion Christian at McNeese ..................... 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Stephen F. Austin (ESPN+) ......4:30 p.m. March 10-13, 2021 Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas Dallas Christian at Houston Baptist .......................7 p.m. Sam Houston State at Nicholls (ESPN+) ................5 p.m. Northwestern State at Houston Baptist .................7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 Game 1: No. 8 Seed vs. No. 5 Seed (ESPN+) ...........5 p.m. Game 2: No. 7 Seed vs. No. 6 Seed (ESPN+) ......7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11 Game 3: Winner Gm. 1 vs. No. 4 Seed (ESPN+) .......5 p.m. Game 4: Winner Gm. 2 vs. No. 3 Seed (ESPN+) ..7:30 p.m. Preseason Poll Preseason All-Conference Friday, March 12 Game 5: Winner Gm. 3 vs. No. 1 Seed (ESPN+) .......5 p.m. Pl. Team (first-place votes) ................................ Total First Team Game 6: Winner Gm. 4 vs. No. 2 Seed (ESPN+) ..7:30 p.m. 1. Stephen F. Austin (17) ........................................ 278 Joe Pleasant* ..........ACU ..... F .........Jr. .......Overland Park, Kan. 2. Abilene Christian (3) .......................................... 254 Rylan Bergersen* ....UCA ..... G ........Sr. .................. Boise, Idaho Saturday, March 13 3. Sam Houston State ............................................ 216 Dru Kuxhausen*......MCN .... G ........Sr. ............Scottsbluff, Neb. Championship Game (TBD) ........................................ TBD 4. Nicholls (1) ........................................................209 Zach Nutall* ............SHSU ... G ........Jr. ..................Bryan, Texas 5. Lamar (3) .......................................................... 199 Gavin Kensmil* .......SFA ...... F .........Sr. ..Paramaribo, Suriname 6. McNeese (2) ......................................................177 7. Central Arkansas ............................................... 153 Second Team Southland Southland 8. New Orleans ...................................................... 132 DeAndre Jones .......UCA ..... PG ......Sr. .................. Boise, Idaho Record Book Statistics 9. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ................................. 131 Davion Buster .........LU ........ G ........Jr. .................Austin, Texas 10. Northwestern State ........................................... 123 A.J. Lawson ............MCN .... G ........Sr. ..................Bryan, Texas Troy Green ..............UNO ..... G ........Sr. .................. St. Rose, La. 11. Southeastern Louisiana .......................................68 Kevin Johnson ........NICH .... G ........Sr. ...............Thibodaux, La. Mid-Major NCAA 12. UIW .....................................................................64 Roti Ware ................SFA ...... G ........Sr. ................ Morton, Miss. 13. Houston Baptist ................................................... 24 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 Six Southland Head Coaches Southland SID Contacts vs. Non-Conference Abilene Christian .................................... Joe Golding Abilene Christian ................................................ Cassie Kelley Opponents School Record, Years: ................................. 141-141, 10 Office: .................................................................. 325-674-6171 Career Record, Years: ................................. 141-141, 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: ...................................... 10-19, 2 ACC .................................................................. 0-0 Career Record, Years: ...................................... 10-19, 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 ............................................................... 0-9 Houston Baptist ...................................... Ron Cottrell Office: .................................................................. 281-649-3208 Big East ............................................................ 0-0 School Record, Years: ............................... 492-438, 30 Cell: ..................................................................... 512-426-3275 Big Sky ............................................................. 1-0 Career Record, Years: ............................... 492-438, 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: ......................................16-50, 3 E-mail: .................................................ehunt@student.uiwtx.edu C-USA ............................................................. 1-11 Career Record, Years: .................................. 123-102, 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: .................................. 103-102, 8 Metro Atlantic ................................................... 0-0 Career Record, Years: ................................268-224, 18 E-mail: ...................................................james.dixon@lamar.edu Assistants: ................David Dumars, Brandon Chappell, Mid-American ................................................... 0-0 ........................................