NORTHWESTERN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001, 2006, 2013 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2001 • 2006 • 2013 CIT Appearance: 2015 Matt Vines, Assistant Sports Information Director • Office: 318-357-6467 • Cell: 318-716-8605 • [email protected] • @mattrvines NSUDemons.com • /forkemdemons • @NSUDemons (Department) • @NSUDemonsMBB (Men’s Basketball) • Press Row: 318-357-4544 vs. McNeese Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 • 3 p.m. 24 Natchitoches, La. • Prather Coliseum (3,400) 2019-20 SCHEDULE MATCHUP November Northwestern State McNeese 5 CENTENARY W, 84-57 Demons Cowboys 6 at Texas A&M L, 77-63 2019-20 Record: 11-12, 8-6 SLC 2019-20 Record: 12-12, 7-6 SLC 12 RICE L, 80-74 Head Coach: Mike McConathy Head Coach: Heath Schroyer 16 at Tulane L, 79-52 Career Record: 658-492 (37th season) Career Record: 147-178 (11th Season) 19 LOUISIANA COLLEGE W, 67-60 Northwestern State Record: 306-333 (21st season) McNeese Record: 21-34 (2nd Season) 26 at ULM L, 77-69 Record vs. McNeese: 23-17 December RADIO TV/STREAM 3 at SMU L, 77-51 Demon Sports Network (95.9 Kix Country, NSUDemons.com) Stream: nsudemons.com 8 at LSU L, 109-59 18 *at Sam Houston State L, 92-79 PXP: Patrick Netherton 21 *LAMAR W, 67-61 29 CHAMPION CHRISTIAN W, 101-61 TIPOFF • Northwestern State will attempt to win its fourth straight game Saturday when McNeese visits. The January 2 *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 67-62 Demons haven’t won four straight games since NSU rattled off five in a row in 2014-15. 5 *HOUSTON BAPTIST W, 106-79 • The Demons were missing key pieces in McNeese’s 85-76 win in Lake Charles earlier this season. NSU was 8 *at Incarnate Word W, 72-66 without Nikos Chougkaz, Brian White and John Norvel. The latter two losses pushed Trenton Massner 11 *at McNeese L, 85-76 into point guard, which likely impacted the sophomore’s scoring ability (14 of his 17 points in the first before 15 *at Nicholls W, 73-72. playing more point guard in the second half to spell C.J. Jones). McNeese snatched 15 offensive rebounds 22 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN L, 69-62 25 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA L, 84-81 OT which created more opportunities for the Cowboys, even though they led to just nine points. 29 *at NEW ORLEANS W, 82-74 • NSU’s three-game home losing streak earlier this conference season appears to be in the rear-view mirror as the Demons have their last two home games, one against third-place ACU. NSU is 4-3 at home and 4-3 on the February road in Southland Conference play, its most league wins since going 13-5 in 2014-15. 1 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS L, 79-71 5 *ABILENE CHRISTIAN W, 73-69 • The SLC picture is clearing up some as NSU is tied for fifth with UCA (8-6). Both teams jumped idle McNeese 8 *at Houston Baptist W, 93-79 on Wednesday as NSU topped UIW 70-60. The Demons are two games out of 2nd and two games from 9th. 12 *INCARNATE WORD W, 70-60 SCOUTING MCNEESE 15 *McNEESE 3 p.m. • McNeese’s win against NSU sparked a 7-game winning streak, but the Cowboys have dropped the last three. 19 *NICHOLLS 6:30 p.m. McNeese lost in OT to UCA (82-76), TAMU-CC (69-62) and Lamar (96-91). The Cowboys might have the most 26 *at Stephen F. Austin 6:30 p.m. 29 *at Southeastern Louisiana 4 p.m. talented first five, but McNeese isn’t very deep. A.J. Lawson and Dru Kuxhausen have struggled in the last 2. March PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 4 *NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. 7 *at Central Arkansas 3 p.m. 11-15 SLC Tournament TBA * Southland Conference Game ^ SLC Tournament (Katy, Texas) BOLD - Home Game C.J. Trenton Chudier Nikos Jovan JONES MASSNER BILE CHOUGKAZ ZELENBABA G • Jr. • 5-10 • 160 G • So • 6-2 • 163 F • R-Jr. • 6-6 • 195 G • Fr. • 6-9 • 200 G • Fr. • 6-4 • 180 GP/GS ..............................22/12 GP/GS ..............................20/17 GP/GS ..............................23/21 GP/GS ..............................22/16 GP/GS ................................23/9 PPG .....................................3.5 PPG .....................................8.2 PPG ...................................13.6 PPG .....................................9.5 PPG .....................................4.5 RBD .....................................1.1 RBD .....................................4.0 RBD .....................................7.3 RBD .....................................7.4 RBD .....................................2.2 AST ......................................2.1 AST ......................................1.9 AST ......................................1.3 AST ......................................1.2 AST ......................................0.6 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.4 BLK......................................1.5 BLK......................................0.7 BLK......................................0.1 STL ......................................0.6 STL ......................................0.5 STL ......................................0.6 STL ......................................0.9 STL ......................................0.4 MIN ...................................16.5 MIN ...................................24.5 MIN ...................................23.7 MIN ...................................24.1 MIN ...................................14.8 Game 24 • vs. McNeese • Feb. 15, 2020 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION NORTHWESTERN STATE ROSTER Name: Northwestern State # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown/Previous School Founded: 1884, as Louisiana Normal 0 C.J. Jones G 5-10 160 Jr.-2L Monroe, La./Wossman HS Location: Natchitoches, La. 1 LaTerrance Reed G 6-2 193 Sr.-1L Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius HS (Niagara County CC) Enrollment: 10,900 Nickname: Demons 2 John Norvel G 6-2 170 Jr.-1L Slidell, La./Salmen HS (LSU-Alexandria) Colors: Purple, White, and orange trim 3 Brian White G 5-6 164 So.-1L Natchitoches, La./Natchitoches Central HS Print Specs: Purple (492f92)/Orange (f78426) 4 Chudier Bile F 6-6 195 Jr.-RS Denver, Colo./Denver South HS (Otero JC/Bradley) Affi liation: NCAA Division I, Southland Conference 10 Jairus Roberson G 6-2 178 Jr.-TR Dallas, Texas/ DeSoto HS (Trinity Valley CC) President: Dr. Chris Maggio Director of Athletics: Greg Burke 11 Jamaure Gregg F 6-7 225 Jr.-TR El Paso, Texas/Americas HS (Cochise College) 12 Dominique Kennedy G 6-1 160 So.-0L Shreveport, La./Loyola College Prep TEAM INFORMATION 13 Gatdoar Kueth G 6-6 195 Jr.-TR Des Moines, Iowa/Roosevelt HS (Southwestern CC) 2018-19 Overall Record: 11-20 14 Jacob Guest G 6-4 210 Sr.-3L Bossier City, La./Airline HS 2018-19 Southland Record/Finish: 6-12/11th 15 Jovan Zelenbaba G 6-4 180 Fr.-HS Kfar Blum, Israel/Combine Academy 2018-19 Postseaon: None Letterman Returning/Lost: 7/6 30 Trenton Massner G 6-2 163 So.-TR Wapello, Iowa/Wapello HS (Southeastern CC) Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 32 Larry Owens C 6-7 300 Jr.-2L Monroe, La./Carroll HS -Starters Returning: 33 Nikos Chougkaz G 6-9 200 Fr.-HS Athens, Greece/Paracharalampio Private School • CJ Jones (26-23, 6.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 2.6 apg) 34 Robert Chougkaz F 6-9 195 Fr.-HS Athens, Greece/Paracharalampio Private School • LaTerrance Reed (31-31,9.3 ppg, 2.1rpg, 49 3P) • Larry Owens (30-11, 5.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 52% FG) 35 Dalin Williams F 6-9 215 So.-1L Stinnett, Texas/West Texas HS -Starters Lost: 2 Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977), 21st Season • Ishmael Lane (31-31, 13.8 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 69 BLK) Assistant Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995), 14th Season • DeAndre Love (27-22, 8.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 20 STL) Assistant Coach: Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1985), 9th season, 2nd since 2006 Newcomers: 8 Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007), 13th Season First Year of Basketball: 1912-13 Assistant to the Head Coach: Morris Scott (Florida A&M, 2002), 1st Season Joined Southland Conference: 1987-88 Graduate Manager: Jordan Luna (Texas A&M, 2017) All-Time Record: 1,425-1,174 Southland Conference Record/Years: 256-284/32 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Southland Conference Titles: 2 (2004-05, 2005-06) Southland Tournament Titles: 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) CHUDIER Bile - CHEW-dee-ay JAIRUS ROBERSON - Jy-russ Roe-ber-son NCAA Appearances: 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) NIKOS CHOUGKAZ - Knee-kos Who-gahz Jacob SPIELBAUER - SPEEL-bow-er NIT Appeanances: 0 Robert CHOUGKAZ - Who-gahz DALIN Williams - DAY-lin CIT Appearances: 1 (2015) JAMAURE Gregg - Juh-mar-ee JOVAN ZELENBABA - Yo-vahn Zell-in-bah-buh GATDOAR KUETH - Guh-door Queth NATCHITOCHES, LA - NACK-a-dish COACHING INFORMATION Mike MCCONATHY - McCON-uh-thee BOSSIER City, LA - BO-zuhr City Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977) Overall Coaching Record/Years: 647-480/36 John NORVEL - NOR-vell PRATHER Coliseum - PRAY-thur NSU Coaching Record/Years: 295-321/20 KFAR BLUM, Israel - Kuh-far Bloom WAPELLO, Iowa - Wop-puh-lo Associate Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995) Assistant Coach: Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1985) THE SERIES WITH MCNEESE Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007) Saturday’s game will be NSU’s first chance for revenge against a team that has previously beaten NSU, but Demons Assistant to the Head Coach: Morris Scott (FAMU, 2002) Graduate Manager: Jordan Luna (Texas A&M, 2017) coach Mike McConathy has had success against the Cowboys overall (23-17). Athletic Trainer: Kalevi Pajuluoma NSU is 5-2 in the last seven meetings in Natchitoches, and McConathy is 12-8 overall in Prather Coliseum. The series is 5-4 McNeese in the last eight games, which ended a six-game winning streak in the series by NSU (2013- SPORTS INFORMATION 2015. NSU had one other six-game winning streak in the series (2004-07). Director: Jason Pugh Assistant Directors: Matt Vines (MBB Contact); Brad Welborn After McConathy won the first two meetings with McNeese when he came to Natchitoches in 1999, the Cowboys won Adminisrative Assistant: Ronnette Pellegrin six of the next seven.