ULM Warhawks Men’s Basketball University of Louisiana Monroe ULM MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE ULM (20-12, 15-5 SBC) Tues, Nov. 10 North American (Exh.) W, 107-51 Fri, Nov. 13 McMurry W, 88-43 Sun, Nov. 15 at Minnesota L, 67-56 WARHAWKS Thurs, Nov. 19 at Northwestern State W, 80-64 Vs. Sat, Nov. 28 at Houston L, 76-64 Mon, Nov. 30 Chattanooga W, 64-54 Thurs, Dec. 3 UL-Lafayette* W, 81-70 Little Rock (28-4, 17-3 SBC) Thurs, Dec. 10 # at Kent State L, 73-62 Sat, Dec. 12 # at Penn State L, 54-50 Sun, Dec. 13 at No. 14 West Virginia L, 100-58 Fri, Dec. 18 Central Baptist W, 101-76 TROJANS Tues, Dec. 22 # vs. Canisius L, 108-96 (3OT) Weds, Dec. 23 # vs. Hampton L, 75-64 Game 33 Thurs, Dec. 31 Appalachian State* W, 72-56 Thurs, Jan. 7 at Arkansas State* L, 68-65 (OT) Sat, Jan. 9 at Little Rock* L, 58-57 Sunday, March 13, 2016 • Noon Thurs, Jan. 14 at Georgia State* L, 65-51 Lakefront Arena (10,000) • New Orleans Sat, Jan. 16 at Georgia Southern* L, 66-51 Thurs, Jan. 21 Troy* W, 85-74 TV: ESPN2 Sat, Jan. 23 South Alabama* W, 100-68 Radio: KLIP LA 105.3 FM, Nick White (PXP) Thurs, Jan. 28 UT Arlington* W, 99-88 Sat, Jan. 30 Texas State* W, 73-59 ULM Notes Tues, Feb. 2 at UL-Lafayette* L, 72-65 (OT) - The Warhawks are playing for their eighth NCAA Tournament bid, ninth Sat, Feb. 6 at Appalachian State* W, 91-90 tournament championship and 21st championship in school history. They are Thurs, Feb. 11 Little Rock* W, 86-82 playing for their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1995-96 Sat, Feb. 13 Arkansas State W, 78-73 (OT) - In the SBC semifinals, junior Nick Coppola became the all-time assist leader at Thurs, Feb. 18 at Texas State* W, 76-57 ULM with 401. ULM won 82-71 as senior DeMondre Harvey netted a career-high 21 Sat, Feb. 20 at UT Arlington* W, 64-61 points on 9-9 field goals. All five ULM starters scored in double-figures Thurs, Feb. 25 at South Alabama* W, 66-59 Sat, Feb. 27 at Troy* W, 66-51 - Senior Majok Deng was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference First-Team, and Thurs, Mar. 3 Georgia Southern* W, 83-76 senior Justin Roberson won Defensive Student-Athlete of the Year honors and All- SBC Second-Team. Deng is also the reigning Sun Belt Student-Athlete of the Week Sat, Mar. 5 Georgia State* W, 91-78 honoree Sat, Mar. 12 % UT Arlington (SBC Semifinals) W, 82-71 Sun, Mar. 13 % Little Rock (SBC Finals) 12 PM (ESPN2) - ULM is on a 10-game winning streak, its longest since 1993-94 seasons. It’s also the third-longest active winning streak in the nation. The Warhawks also have the All times Central and subject to change. Bold indicates home game; third-longest active road winning streak in the country with five (page 5) *-SBC game; %-SBC Tournament; #-Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic - ULM has posted back-to-back 20-win seasons for just the third time in school history and the first-time since 1989-90, 90-91. It won 24 games last year We are ULM. Please note that there are only two correct versions of our institution’s name, the preferred acronym ULM - The Warhawks secured back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1992- and the full name, the University of Louisiana Monroe. Any 93, 93-94. They also solidified back-to-back winning seasons in league play for the other reference, including Louisiana-Monroe, UL-Monroe, La.- first time since 1998-99, 99-00 Monroe, LAM, or simply Monroe, are incorrect. - With 15 SBC wins, the Warhawks improved their conference win total for the fourth consecutive year Follow ULM Men’s Basketball on Social Media - ULM was 13-0 (10-0 SBC) at home this season, 27-4 at home over the last two Facebook: www.facebook.com/warhawks seasons and 417-173 all-time in Fant-Ewing Coliseum (page 3) Twitter: @ULM_MBB Instagram: ULM_MBB - The Warhawks hold a 29-11 SBC record over the last two years, best in the league by four games (page 8) Vine: ULM_Warhawks Youtube: ULMAthletics - ULM finished ahead of where it was projected in the SBC Preseason Poll for the third year in a row. The Warhawks were picked to finish third this year (page 5) 1 ULM Warhawks Men’s Basketball University of Louisiana Monroe Keith Richard ULM Student-Athlete Notes Head Coach - Deng is the 2015-16 SBC Highest Scoring Average in the Nation scoring champion and Among Internationally-Born Players ranks fifth in the country Sixth Year at ULM among internationally- 1. Buddy Hield, Oklahama (Bahamas) - 25.3 ppg 15th Season Overall born players. Deng also 2. Pascal Siakam, NMSU (Cameroon) - 20.6 ppg finished first in the league 3. Jamal Murray, Kentucky (Canada) - 19.9 ppg Has been a part of all blocks, third in minutes 4. Ben Simmons, LSU (Australia) - 19.7 ppg five of ULM’s winningest and offensive rebounds, 5. Majok Deng, ULM (Sudan) - 18.9 ppg seasons as either a player fifth in three-point field 6. Martin Breunig, Montana (Germany) - 18.7 ppg 7. Jarelle Reischel, E. Ky. (Germany) - 17.9 ppg or coach goal percentage, sixth in three-pointers per game, 8. Retin Obasohan, Alabama (Nigeria) - 17.8 ppg seventh in rebounding t9. Jakob Poeltl, Utah (Austria) - 17.6 ppg THE RICHARD FILE and eighth in free throw t9. Joel Bolomboy, Weber St. (Ukraine) - 17.6 ppg percentage. Deng has COACHING HONORS scored at least 13 points in 23 of his last 25 outings. He has a trio of 30-plus • 2015 Sun Belt Coach of the Year scoring games this year and 11 20-plus scoring games. Deng ranks fourth all- • 2015 Louisiana Coach of the Year time in career blocks at ULM with 101 and swatted away a career-high nine at • 1999 Sun Belt Coach of the Year • Has been part of the coaching staff for seven NCAA Tournament UT Arlington. Deng also has 14 career double-doubles and 51 career double- and three NIT teams figure scoring games in two seasons at ULM COACHING CAREER - Roberson’s scoring sky-rocketed in conference play this year as he went on Season School Position Record a 10 game stretch totaling the nine highest scoring games of his career, all 1984-85 ULM Graduate Assistant 17-12 of at least 20 points. He scored a career-high 26 points against Troy at home. 1985-86 ULM Graduate Assistant 20-10/NCAA 1986-87 Marshall Assistant Coach 25-6/NCAA He averages 14.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game on the year. 1987-88 Marshall Assistant Coach 24-8/NIT Roberson is leading the team in steals for the second straight season and 1988-89 Marshall Assistant Coach 15-15 averages 1.7 per game on the year, second-best in the league. Roberson has 1989-90 ULM Assistant Coach 22-8/NCAA reached double-figures 22 times this year and is shooting .419 from beyond- 1990-91 ULM Assistant Coach 25-8/NCAA the-arc which ranks third in the league. It is a remarkable improvement from 1991-92 ULM Assistant Coach 19-10/NCAA his .186 (8-43) three-point percentage last season. He has started every game 1992-93 ULM Assistant Coach 26-5/NCAA 1993-94 ULM Assistant Coach 19-9 his year 1994-95 La. Tech Assistant Coach 14-13 1995-96 La. Tech Associate Head Coach 11-17 - In the ULM career record book, Coppola ranks first all-time in assists (401), 1996-97 La. Tech Associate Head Coach 15-14 first in minutes per game (35.7 mpg), third in minutes played (3,425), fifth in 1997-98 La. Tech Associate Head Coach 12-15 games started (96), sixth in assists per game (4.1 apg) and seventh in three- 1998-99 La. Tech Head Coach 19-9 pointers made (133). He’s played at least 40 minutes 34 times in his career 1999-00 La. Tech Head Coach 21-8 2000-01 La. Tech Head Coach 17-12 including a school record 54 minutes vs. Canisius. Coppola has started every 2001-02 La. Tech Head Coach 22-10/NIT game in his career. He played 1,384 minutes last year, third most in the nation 2002-03 La. Tech Head Coach 12-15 and also third in single-season program history. Additionally, Coppola finished 2003-04 La. Tech Head Coach 15-15 second in the SBC last season in both assist:turnover ratio (2.0) and assists (3.7 2004-05 La. Tech Head Coach 14-15 apg) 2005-06 La. Tech Head Coach 20-13/NIT 2006-07 La. Tech Head Coach 10-20 - This year, Coppola is averaging 11.2 points, 5.4 assists and 2.9 rebounds 2008-09 LSU Assistant Coach 27-8/NCAA 2009-10 LSU Assistant Coach 11-20 per game. He logs 36.8 minutes per game on the season which leads the 2010-11 ULM Head Coach 7-24 conference and ranks top-25 in the country. In SBC-only games, Coppola 2011-12 ULM Head Coach 3-26 finished first in the league in minutes (38.0 mpg) and second in both assists 2012-13 ULM Head Coach 4-23 (5.8 apg) and assist:turnover ratio (3.1) 2013-14 ULM Head Coach 10-17 2014-15 ULM Head Coach 24-14/CBI - Senior Jamaal Samuel has scored in double-figures 17 times this year and 2015-16 ULM Head Coach 20-12 25 times in his career.