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 Incarnate Word Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 • 6:30 p.m. 20 San Antonio, Texas • McDermott Convocation Center (2,000) 2020-21 SCHEDULE MATCHUP November Northwestern State Incarnate Word 25 at No. 14 Texas Tech L, 101-58 Demons Cardinals 28 #vs. UT Arlington L, 80-71 2020-21 Record: 5-14, 4-4 SLC 2020-21 Record: 8-8, 5-4 SLC 29 at Louisiana Tech L, 91-77 Head Coach: Mike McConathy Head Coach: Dr. Carson Cunningham Career Record: 667-509 (38th season) Career Record: 130-107 (7th season) December Northwestern State Record: 315-350 (22nd season) Incarnate Word Record: 23-54 (3rd season) 3 at TCU L, 74-68 Record vs. Incarnate Word: 6-3 6 ULM L, 92-83 (OT) 12 CHAMPION CHRISTIAN W, 77-44 RADIO 18 at Tulsa L, 82-55 Demon Sports Network (95.9 Kix Country, NSUDemons.com) 19 at Missouri State L, 94-67 21 at No. 1 Gonzaga L, 95-57 PxP: Patrick Netherton 22 at No. 1 Gonzaga L, 95-78 23 at Washington State L, 62-52 TIPOFF • The Northwestern State men’s basketball team plays for the first time in 10 days, facing Incarnate Word for January 2 *at Houston Baptist L, 99-93 (OT) the second time this season after the Demons’ Feb. 6 game against Houston Baptist was postponed because of 6 *INCARNATE WORD L, 75-67 COVID-19 concerns. 9 *at McNeese W, 78-75 • Senior forward Jamaure Gregg posted a 16-point, 12-rebound double-double, giving NSU double-doubles 13 *NICHOLLS L, 76-66 from different players in back-to-back games after Larry Owens posted 16 points and 11 rebounds in an 81- 20 *at Stephen F. Austin L, 86-74 73 win against New Orleans on Jan. 27. 23 *at Southeastern Louisiana W, 73-68 27 *NEW ORLEANS W, 81-73 • In three career meetings with Incarnate Word, junior guard Trenton Massner is averaging 15.3 points per 30 *at Central Arkansas W, 81-77 game on 62.1 percent shooting. • The Cardinals are the second team the Demons will face twice this season, joining No. 1 Gonzaga (Dec. 21-22). February 10 *at Incarnate Word 7 p.m. 13 *McNEESE 7 p.m. SCOUTING INCARNATE WORD 17 *at Nicholls 7 p.m. • Sophomore guard Keaston Willis is the reigning Southland Conference Player of the Week after averaging 22 *HOUSTON BAPTIST 6:30 p.m. 20.5 points per game in wins at Lamar and at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. 24 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 6:30 p.m. • Incarnate Word ranks second in the conference in 3-point shooting in league games, sinking 38.9 percent of 27 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 3 p.m. their long-range attempts. March • The Cardinals are 2-3 at home in conference play and 3-1 away from San Antonio in league games. 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 All times Central C.J. LaTerrance Trenton Jamaure Larry JONES REED MASSNER GREGG OWENS G • Sr. • 5-10 • 161 G • Sr. • 6-2 • 193 G • Jr. • 6-2 • 170 F • Sr. • 6-7 • 232 F • Sr. • 6-7 • 300 GP/GS ..............................19/19 GP/GS ................................19/5 GP/GS ..............................17/17 GP/GS ..............................19/17 GP/GS ..............................19/17 PPG .....................................2.4 PPG .....................................6.0 PPG ...................................12.9 PPG .....................................9.7 PPG .....................................6.2 RBD .....................................1.2 RBD .....................................2.1 RBD .....................................4.2 RBD .....................................5.2 RBD .....................................3.9 AST ......................................2.6 AST ......................................0.5 AST ......................................2.7 AST ......................................0.4 AST ......................................0.4 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.1 BLK......................................0.6 BLK......................................0.3 BLK......................................0.2 STL ......................................0.3 STL ......................................0.3 STL ......................................1.5 STL ......................................0.4 STL ......................................0.8 MIN ...................................15.9 MIN ...................................17.7 MIN ...................................28.4 MIN ...................................23.5 MIN ...................................14.2 Game 20 • at Incarnate Word • Feb. 10, 2021 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 3 Brian White G 5-6 164 Jr.-2L Natchitoches, La./Natchitoches Central HS Colors: Purple, White, and orange trim 4 Kendal Coleman C 6-8 220 Fr.-HS Shreveport, La./Captain Shreve HS Print Specs: Purple (492f92)/Orange (f78426) 10 Jairus Roberson G 6-2 178 Sr.-1L Dallas, Texas/ DeSoto HS (Trinity Valley CC) Affiliation: NCAA Division I, Southland Conference 11 Jamaure Gregg F 6-7 225 Sr.-1L Honolulu, Hawaii /Americas HS (Cochise College) President: Dr. Chris Maggio Director of Athletics: Greg Burke 12 Carvel Teasett G 6-1 190 Fr.-HS Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville HS 13 Jordan Potts G 6-3 175 Jr.-TR Bothell, Wash./Bothell HS (Eastern Wyoming CC) TEAM INFORMATION 15 Jovan Zelenbaba G 6-4 177 So.-1L Kfar Blum, Israel/Combine Academy 2019-20 Overall Record: 15-15 30 Trenton Massner G 6-2 170 Jr.-1L Wapello, Iowa/Wapello HS (Southeastern CC) 2019-20 Southland Record/Finish: 11-9/T-4th 32 Larry Owens C 6-7 300 Sr.-3L Monroe, La./Carroll HS 2019-20 Postseaon: Won 1st round SLC Tournament before COVID-19 Letterman Returning/Lost: 11/4 33 Stavros Poloatoglou F/C 6-11 220 Fr.-HS Athens, Greece/International 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 Robert CHOUGKAZ - Who-goss DALIN Williams - DAY-lin Joined Southland Conference: 1987-88 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) PRATHER Coliseum - PRAY-thur WAPELLO, Iowa - WOP-uh-lo Southland Tournament Titles: 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) KFAR BLUM, Israel - Kuh-far Bloom JAIRUS ROBERSON - Jy-russ ROW-ber-son NCAA Appearances: 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) NIT Appeanances: 0 Jacob SPIELBAUER - SPEEL-bough-er Stavros POLAGTOGLOU - POLE-ah-toe-loo CIT Appearances: 1 (2015) THE SERIES WITH INCARNATE WORD Tonight’s game against Incarnate Word marks the first time this season Northwestern State will face a Southland COACHING INFORMATION Conference opponent for the second time this year. Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977) UIW’s 75-67 victory at Prather Coliseum on Jan. 6 marked the end of Northwestern State’s four-game win streak in the Overall Coaching Record/Years: 662-495/37 season and stood as the Cardinals’ first victory in Natchitoches. NSU Coaching Record/Years: 310-336/21 Associate Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995) The Demons have won two-thirds of the nine contests between the teams, who first met when UIW arrived in the Assistant Coach: Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1985) Southland Conference in the 2013-14 season. Northwestern State, 6-3 overall in the series, has emerged victorious in its Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007) past two visits to UIW’s McDermott Convocation Center. Player Development Coordinator: Blake Cochran (McMurry, 2016) In the first meeting this season, Trenton Massner led Northwestern State with 17 points and a career-high four Special Asst. to the Head Coach: Johnnie Cox steals. Graduate Manager: Jordan Luna (Texas A&M, 2017) Graduate Manager: Travis Allen (Grand Canyon, 2020) Graduate Manager: Justin Tucek (Emporia State, 2020) FEW HAVE LED ANY DEMONS LONGER THAN McCONATHY Graduate Manager: KC Henry (Wyoming, 2020) Head coach Mike McConathy is in his 22nd season at Northwestern State, making him one of nine active Division I Athletic Trainer: Zachery Standiford (UL Lafayette, 2020) coaches with 22 or more seasons at their current programs. McConathy joins Gonzaga’s Mark Few, Michigan State’s Tom SPORTS INFORMATION Izzo, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, Davidson’s Bob McKillop, Lafayette’s Fran O’Hanlon, Oakland’s Greg Director: Jason Pugh (MBB Contact) Kampe and Yale’s James Jones in the 22-and-up club. Assistant Directors: Matt Vines; Brad Welborn Furtherrmore, McConathy’s lenghty tenure is moving him up on Northwestern State’s list of longest-serving head coach- Adminisrative Assistant: Ronnette Pellegrin es, regardless of sport.