2017-18 REDDIE GAME NOTES • PAGE 1 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION HENDERSON STATE (1-1) vs. LOCATION: ......................................... Arkadelphia, Ark. FOUNDED: ............................................................. 1890 NORTHWESTERN OKLA. (2-0) ENROLLMENT: ........................................................ 3,634 SCHOOL COLORS: .................................... Red and Gray AFFILIATION: ........................................ NCAA Division II NOV. 16, 2017 • PERCEFULL FIELDHOUSE CONFERENCE: ..................................... Great American PRESIDENT: ........................................... Dr. Glen Jones REDDIES BEGIN GAC PLAY IN ALVA Alma Mater: ................ Henderson State (1992) Henderson State will begin Great American Conference this week as the DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: ........................... Shawn Jones Alma Mater: .................. Central Missouri (1997) Reddies travel to Alva, Okla. to take on Northwestern Oklahoma on Thurs- FACILITY: ........................... Duke Wells Center (3,000) day with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m. at the Percefull Fieldhouse. PRESS ROW PHONE: ............................ (870) 230-5197 HISTORY REDDIE REPORT FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: .................................... 1911 Henderson opened the season last weekend at the GAC/NSIC Challenge ALL-TIME RECORD: ..................................... 1,243-1025 with the Reddies beating Minnesota-Moorhead 93-80, before losing to Minot ALL-TIME GAC RECORD: ..................................... 55-65 State 78-50. NO. OF YEARS IN NCAA TOUR./LAST ................. 7 / 2007 LAST T OURNAMENT OPPO: .............................. Montevallo Henderson shot 51 percent from the field knocking down 37-of-73 attempts RESULT:..Lost 66-58 (ot) (South Regional Semifinal) in the win against MSUM. The Reddies hit 10 three-pointers the game and COACHING STAFF totaled 19 assists. HEAD COACH: ........................................... Jimmy Elgas Brad Nairn led the Reddies last weekend totaling 32 points in the two games Alma Mater: ........................ Illinois State (1993) including 24 against Minnesota State Moorhead. Nairn also had 7 rebounds RECORD AT HENDERSON/YEARS: ........... 26-33, Third Year in the win against the Dragons. CAREER RECORD/YEARS: ................... 26-33, Third Year Josh Jones enters GAC play averaging 15.0 points after two games. Jones ASSISTANT COACH: ....................................... Sean Mock ASSISTANT COACH: ....................................... Andrei Hall scored 19 points against MSUM and was a perfect 5-for-5 from behind the 3- point arc. SPORTS INFORMATION Kaylon Tappin scored 23 points in the season opener and is averaging SID (Men’s Contact): ........................ Troy Mitchell 12.5 points per game. The senior from Little Rock is averaging 14.1 points OFFICE PHONE: ..................................... 870-230-5197 E-MAIL: ............................................ [email protected] per game during his 50-game career at Henderson. WEB SITE: ............................... www.hsusports.com Henderson averages 71.5 points per contest while shooting 46.7 percent from the field. 2017-18 REDDIE MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER PROBABLE STARTERS POS HT WT CL EXP. HOMETOWN PPG RBG FG% FT% 0 Kaylon Tappin G 6-1 195 Sr. 2L Little Rock, Ark. 12.5 4.5 .333 1.000 4 Josh Jones G 6-5 190 Jr. RS Memphia, Tenn. 15.0 5.0 .611 .750 10 Tanner Hamilton F 6-10 205 So. TR Texarkana, Ark. 4.5 4.0 .333 1.000 23 Brad Nairn F 6-6 215 Sr. 1L Nassau, Bahamas 16.0 3.5 .619 1.000 34 Matt Panaggio G 6-4 200 Sr. 2L Port Orange, Fla. 3.0 2.5 .429 .000 OFF THE BENCH POS HT WT CL EXP. HOMETOWN PPG RBG FG% FT% 1 Tyler Williams C 6-8 240 So. 1L Greenbrier, Ark. 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 2 Cameron Ricks G 6-1 185 Jr. TR Little Rock, Ark. 2.0 1.0 .250 .000 3 Eric Dailey G 5-11 185 Jr. 2L Little Rock, Ark. 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 5 Chris Parker G 6-1 160 Fr. HS Plano, Texas 11.0 2.0 .500 .000 21 Kyle Murphy G 5-10 160 Fr. HS San Antonio, Texas 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 25 Raekwon Rogers F 6-7 230 Fr. HS Little Rock, Ark. 2.0 2.0 .400 .000 30 DJ Franklin G/F 6-5 180 So. 1L Monticello, Ark. 5.5 0.0 .571 1.000 33 Preston Crowder F 6-6 190 Fr. HS Arkadelphia, Ark. 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 55 Moctar Dieng C 6-9 185 So. 1L Senegal, Africa 1.2 1.1 .467 .429 RS Chris Owens F 6-5 195 Jr. TR McGehee, Ark. 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 2017-18 REDDIE GAME NOTES • PAGE 2 ABOUT NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA 2017-18 SCHEDULE Northwestern Oklahoma enters GAC play with a 2-0 record after winning DATE OPPONENT Time/Score games against Northeastern Oklahoma and Central Oklahoma last week- Nov. 10 vs. MSU-Moorhead W, 93-80 end. Nov. 11 vs. Minot State L, 78-50 Cody Halvorson is the Rangers’ top returning player. The senior from Temple, Nov. 16 *at Northwestern Okla. 7:30 p.m. Texas averaged 11.2 points per game and was the squad’s top 3-point shooter Nov. 18 *at Southwestern Okla. 3 p.m. Nov. 25 Texas College 2 p.m. hitting 77-of-179 long range jumpers for 43 percent. In the two games last Nov. 30 *Southern Nazarene 7:30 p.m. season against the Reddies, Halvorson totaled 25 points and was 5-for-19 in Dec. 2 *Oklahoma Baptist 3 p.m. 3-point field goals. Dec. 6 Dallas Christian College 7 p.m. Also returning is senior guard Greg Minor Jr. who averaged 6.5 points per Dec. 16 Ecclessia 2 p.m. game last season. The product of Louisville, Ky. is averaging 11.5 points Dec. 30 Paul Quinn College 2 p.m. after the first two games and is a perfect 10-for-10 from the foul line. Jan. 4 *East Central 7:30 p.m. Newcomer Treyvon Andres leads the Jan. 6 *Southeastern Okla. 3 p.m. Rangers in scoring averaging 12.5 THE SERIES VS. Jan. 11 *Arkansas Tech 7:30 p.m. points while pulling down 9.0 rebounds Jan. 13 *at Arkansas-Monticello 3 p.m. NORTHWESTERN Jan. 15 *at Ouachita Baptist 7:30 p.m. per contest. In the season opener SERIES TIED: 5-5 HSU In Arkadelphia: 3-2 Jan. 18 *Harding 7:30 p.m. against Northeastern State the junior HSU In Alva: 2-3 Jan. 20 *Southern Arkansas 3 p.m. from Denver, Colo. scored 16 points and DATE WINNER SCORE Jan. 25 *Southwestern Okla. 7:30 p.m. had 10 rebounds. Feb. 23, 2017 HSU (A) 87-79 Jan. 27 *Northwestern Okla. 3 p.m. Jan. 7, 2017 HSU (H) 80-77 Feb. 1 *at Oklahoma Baptist 7:30 p.m. THE SERIES Feb. 27, 2016 HSU (H) 86-77 Feb. 3 *at Southern Nazarene 3 p.m. Jan. 9, 2016 NWO (A) 64-56 Feb. 8 *Southeastern Okla. 7:30 p.m. The series between Henderson State Feb. 14, 2015 NWO (H) 78-77 Feb. 10 *East Central 3 p.m. and Northwestern Oklahoma is even at Jan. 10, 2015 NWO (A) 68-67 5-5 after the Reddies won both meet- Feb. 22, 2014 NWO (H) 91-77 Feb. 15 *Arkansas-Monticello 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18, 2014 HSU (A) 81-77 Feb. 17 *at Arkansas Tech 3 p.m. ings last season. Henderson has won Feb. 23, 2013 NWO (A) 81-64 Feb. 20 *Ouachita Baptist 7:30 p.m. the last three contests and are 2-3 in Jan. 19, 2013 HSU (H) 89-86 Feb. 22 *at Southern Arkansas 7:30 p.m. games played in Alva. Feb. 24 *at Harding 7:30 p.m. Mar. 1-4 at GAC Tournament 2017-18 GAC STANDINGS GAC RECORD OVERALL RECORD Bold denotes home game Arkansas Tech 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W2 * denotes Great American Conference game Arkansas-Monticello 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W2 Northwestern Okla. 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W2 Ouachita Baptist 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 W1 Southern Nazarene 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 W1 WHAT IS A REDDIE? Henderson State 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 L1 The age old question to anyone associated Oklahoma Baptist 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 L1 with Henderson State is “What is a Reddie Southern Arkansas 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 W1 anyway?” Southwestern Okla. 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 L1 East Central 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 - Here’s the best possible answer: A Reddie is Harding 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 - nothing more than a spirit; a motivator; a Southeastern Okla. 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 L2 respected, admired non-living being. The name Reddie actually evolved from Red THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Jackets - the team’s nickname from 1908 until THURSDAY, NOV. 16 Henderson State at Northwestern Oklahoma 7:30 p.m. 1915. Ouachita Baptist at Southwestern Oklahoma 7:30 p.m. From 1905 until 1908, the team was known Arkansas-Monticello at Oklahoma Baptist 7:30 p.m. as nothing more than the Henderson Football Southern Arkansas at Southern Nazarene 7:30 p.m. Arkansas Tech at East Central 7:30 p.m. Team. Harding at Southeastern Oklahoma 7:30 p.m. In 1908, The Oracle - HSU’s campus newspaper - renamed the team the Red SATURDAY, NOV. 18 Henderson State at Southwestern Oklahoma 3 p.m. Jackets because of the color of their jerseys. Ouachita Baptist at Northwestern Oklahoma 3 p.m. They were also known as the Redmen or Reds Arkansas-Monticello at Southern Nazarene 3 p.m. until 1915, when a picture caption labeled the Southern Arkansas at Oklahoma Baptist 3 p.m. Arkansas Tech at Southeastern Oklahoma 3 p.m. team as the Reddies. Harding at East Central 3 p.m. 2017-18 REDDIE GAME NOTES • PAGE 3 THE REDDIE VETERANS TEAM GAME RECORDS The Reddies return nearly 50 percent of its scoring with CATEGORY RECORD WHEN OPPONENT Kaylon Tappin set for his senior year.