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 Jason Pugh, Assistant AD for Media Relations • Office: 318-357-6467 • Cell: 318-663-5701 • [email protected] • @JasonSPugh NSUDemons.com • /forkemdemons • @NSUDemons (Department) • @NSUDemonsMBB (Men’s Basketball) • Press Row: 318-357-4544 at Tulsa Friday, Dec.18, 2020 • 6 p.m. 7 Tulsa, Okla. • Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355) 2020-21 SCHEDULE MATCHUP November Northwestern State Tulsa 25 at No. 14 Texas Tech L, 101-58 Demons Golden Hurricane 28 #vs. UT Arlington L, 80-71 2020-21 Record: 1-5 2020-21 Record: 1-3 29 at Louisiana Tech L, 91-77 Head Coach: Mike McConathy Head Coach: Frank Haith Career Record: 663-500 (38th season) Career Record: 304-208 (16th season) December Northwestern State Record: 311-341 (22nd season) Tulsa Record: 117-79-0 (7th season)) 3 at TCU L, 74-68 Record vs. Tulsa: 0-2 6 ULM L, 92-83 (OT) 12 CHAMPION CHRISTIAN W, 77-44 RADIO 18 at Tulsa 6 p.m. Demon Sports Network (95.9 Kix Country, NSUDemons.com) 19 at Missouri State 7 p.m. 21 at No. 1 Gonzaga 6 p.m. PxP: Patrick Netherton 23 at Washington State 6 p.m. 31 LOUISIANA COLLEGE 12 p.m. TIPOFF • Northwestern State begins its longest road trip of the season in terms of time and distance tonight, playing January 2 *at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. the first game of a set of back-to-back road games. 6 *INCARNATE WORD 6:30 p.m. • “The McConathy Two-Step,” playing two road games on back-to-back nights in different arenas, has been a 9 *at McNeese 3 p.m. staple for NSU basketball with the most recent coming Dec. 19-20, 2017, at Oklahoma and at Utah. 13 *NICHOLLS 6 :30 p.m. • This is the first visit to an Oklahoma school for Northwestern State since that Dec. 19, 2017, game against 20 *at Stephen F. Austin TBA Oklahoma. In McConathy’s 22 seasons at the helm of the NSU program, the Demons have played 17 games in 23 *at Southeastern Louisiana 4 p.m. 27 *NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. the Sooner State. 30 *at Central Arkansas 4 p.m. • Through the first six games of the season, all 13 Demon players who have played in multiple games are averaging double-figure minutes per game. February 6 *HOUSTON BAPTIST 3 p.m. 10 *at Incarnate Word 7 p.m. SCOUTING TULSA 13 *McNEESE 7 p.m. • The Golden Hurricane have split games against TCU (L, 70-65) and UT Arlington (W, 79-64), the two common 17 *at Nicholls 7 p.m. opponents they share with Northwestern State. 24 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 6:30 p.m. • Senior guard Brandon Rachal is a Natchitoches native who helped lead Natchitoches Central to a pair of 27 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 3 p.m. state championships and was a teammate of NSU guard Brian White. March • Tulsa has played just one game since its Dec. 4 win against UT Arlington, falling to Wichita State on Tuesday. 3 *at New Orleans 7 p.m. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 6 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS 1 p.m. 9-13 Southland Conference Tournament TBA * Southland Conference Game # at Ruston, La. BOLD - Home Game C.J. LaTerrance Jairus Jamaure Larry JONES REED ROBERSON GREGG OWENS G • Sr. • 5-10 • 161 G • Sr. • 6-2 • 190 G • Sr. • 6-2 • 176 F • Sr. • 6-7 • 232 F • Sr. • 6-7 • 300 GP/GS ................................. 6/6 GP/GS ................................. 6/2 GP/GS ................................. 6/6 GP/GS ................................. 6/6 GP/GS ................................. 6/4 PPG .....................................2.8 PPG .....................................6.7 PPG ...................................12.2 PPG ...................................11.0 PPG .....................................3.5 RBD .....................................2.0 RBD .....................................2.7 RBD .....................................2.0 RBD .....................................5.5 RBD .....................................3.0 AST ......................................3.3 AST ......................................0.5 AST ......................................1.5 AST ......................................0.7 AST ......................................0.8 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.2 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.0 STL ......................................0.3 STL ......................................0.2 STL ......................................0.8 STL ......................................0.5 STL ......................................1.2 MIN ...................................16.3 MIN ...................................18.6 MIN ...................................25.4 MIN ...................................24.4 MIN ...................................13.6 Game 7• at Tulsa • Dec. 18, 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 5-10 161 Sr.-3L Monroe, La./Wossman HS Location: Natchitoches, La. 1 LaTerrance Reed G 6-2 190 Sr.-1L Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius HS (Niagara County CC) Enrollment: 11,447 Nickname: Demons 2 John Norvel G 6-2 170 Sr.-2L Slidell, La./Salmen HS (LSU-Alexandria) Colors: Purple, White, and orange trim 3 Brian White G 5-6 164 Jr.-2L Natchitoches, La./Natchitoches Central HS Print Specs: Purple (492f92)/Orange (f78426) 4 Kendal Coleman C 6-8 220 Fr.-HS Shreveport, La./Captain Shreve HS Affiliation: NCAA Division I, Southland Conference 10 Jairus Roberson G 6-2 178 Sr.-1L Dallas, Texas/ DeSoto HS (Trinity Valley CC) President: Dr. Chris Maggio Director of Athletics: Greg Burke 11 Jamaure Gregg F 6-7 225 Sr.-1L Honolulu, Hawaii /Americas HS (Cochise College) 12 Carvel Teasett G 6-1 190 Fr.-HS Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville HS TEAM INFORMATION 13 Jordan Potts G 6-3 175 Jr.-TR Bothell, Wash./Bothell HS(Eastern Wyoming CC) 2019-20 Overall Record: 15-15 15 Jovan Zelenbaba G 6-4 177 So.-1L Kfar Blum, Israel/Combine Academy 2019-20 Southland Record/Finish: 11-9/T-4th 30 Trenton Massner G 6-2 170 Jr.-1L Wapello, Iowa/Wapello HS (Southeastern CC) 2019-20 Postseaon: Won 1st round SLC Tournament before COVID-19 Letterman Returning/Lost: 11/4 32 Larry Owens C 6-7 300 Sr.-3L Monroe, La./Carroll HS Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 34 Robert Chougkaz F 6-9 195 So.-1L Athens, Greece/Paracharalampio Private School -Starters Returning: 35 Dalin Williams F 6-9 220 Jr.-2L Stinnett, Texas/West Texas HS • Trenton Massner (27-24, 9.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.1 apg) • C.J. Jones (29-19, 3.7 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 2.1 apg) Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977), 22nd season • Larry Owens (30-15, 4.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 53% FG) Associate Head Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995), 15th season -Starters Lost: 2 • Chudier Bile (28-23, 14.3 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 41 BLK) Assistant Coach: Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1985), 10th season, 3rd since 2006 • Nikos Chougkaz (29-23, 9.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 29 STL) Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007), 14th season Newcomers: 3 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE First Year of Basketball: 1912-13 Joined Southland Conference: 1987-88 Robert CHOUGKAZ - Who-goss DALIN Williams - DAY-lin All-Time Record: 1,440-1,189 JAMAURE Gregg - Juh-mar-ee JOVAN ZELENBABA - Yo-vahn Zell-in-bah-buh Southland Conference Record/Years: 267-293/33 Mike MCCONATHY - McCON-uh-thee NATCHITOCHES, LA - NACK-uh-dish Southland Conference Titles: 2 (2004-05, 2005-06) John NORVEL - NOR-vell PRATHER Coliseum - PRAY-thur Southland Tournament Titles: 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) NCAA Appearances: 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) KFAR BLUM, Israel - Kuh-far Bloom WAPELLO, Iowa - WOP-uh-lo NIT Appeanances: 0 JAIRUS ROBERSON - Jy-russ ROW-ber-son Jacob SPIELBAUER - SPEEL-bow-er CIT Appearances: 1 (2015) COACHING INFORMATION THE SERIES WITH TULSA Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977) While the Demons have made Oklahoma a somewhat yearly destination during the Mike McConathy era, Northwest- Overall Coaching Record/Years: 662-495/37 ern State has not visited the Donald W. Reynolds Center in 16 years. NSU Coaching Record/Years: 310-336/21 Tulsa grabbed a 63-54 victory in that Nov. 21, 2004, meeting, and has won all three matchups against Northwestern Associate Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995) State, two of which have come in the McConathy era. Assistant Coach: Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1985) Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007) The Golden Hurricane also own a 78-49 win against the Demons in 2003 and a 45-40 victory from the 1949 season. Player Development Coordinator: Blake Cochran (McMurry, 2016) Despite the relatively small number of meetings, NSU and Tulsa share a couple of ties. The teams were supposed Special Asst. to the Head Coach: Johnnie Cox to meet in football in September before the Demons made the decision to compete in the spring. Additionally, current Graduate Manager: Jordan Luna (Texas A&M, 2017) Northwestern State Assistant Athletic Director of Ticketing and Special Events Mike Jacklich is a Tulsa graduate. Graduate Manager: Travis Allen (Grand Canyon, 2020) Graduate Manager: Justin Tucek (Emporia State, 2020) Graduate Manager: KC Henry (Wyoming, 2020) FEW HAVE LED ANY DEMONS LONGER THAN McCONATHY Athletic Trainer: Zachery Standiford (UL Lafayette, 2020) Head coach Mike McConathy is in his 22nd season at Northwestern State, making him one of eight active Division I coaches with 22 or more seasons at their current programs. McConathy joins Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Duke’s Mike SPORTS INFORMATION Director: Jason Pugh (MBB Contact) Krzyzewski, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, Davidson’s Bob McKillop, Lafayette’s Fran O’Hanlon, Oakland’s Greg Kampe and Yale’s Assistant Directors: Matt Vines; Brad Welborn James Jones in the 22-and-up club. Adminisrative Assistant: Ronnette Pellegrin Furtherrmore, McConathy’s lenghty tenure is moving him up on Northwestern State’s list of longest-serving head Office Phone: (318) 357-6467 coaches, regardless of sport. McConathy’s 22-year career puts him behind H.