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 at McNeese Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 • 3:30 p.m. 14 Lake Charles, La. • Health and Human Performance Complex (4,100) 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: 6-8, 3-2 SLC 2019-20 Record: 6-9, 1-3 SLC 12 RICE L, 80-74 Head Coach: Mike McConathy Head Coach:Heath Schroyer 16 at Tulane L, 79-52 Career Record: 653-488 (37th season) Career Record: 141-175 (11th Season) 19 LOUISIANA COLLEGE W, 67-60 Northwestern State Record: 301-329 (21st season) McNeese Record: 15-31 (2nd Season) 26 at ULM L, 77-69 Record vs. McNeese: December RADIO TV/STREAM 3 at SMU L, 77-51 Demon Sports Network (95.9 Kix Country, NSUDemons.com) McNeese Sports Network 8 at LSU L, 109-59 mcneesesports.com 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, winners of four of its last five games, will attempt to continue its early-Southland January 2 *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 67-62 Confernece momentum at McNeese on Saturday. It’s the second of three straight road games. 5 *HOUSTON BAPTIST W, 106-79 • The Demons (3-2 SLC) are off to their best start in league play since 2014-15. 8 *at Incarnate Word W, 72-66 • NSU has consecutive wins against HBU and UIW, both in vastly different wins. The Demons made a sea- 11 *at McNeese 3:30 p.m. son-best 60 percent of its shots in a 106-79 win against HBU before turning up the defense against UIW as the 15 *at Nicholls 7 p.m. Cardinals shot just 32 percent from the field. 22 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 6:30 p.m. 25 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 3 p.m. • Junior Chudier Bile had a career-high 22 points and tied a career high with 12 rebounds. He made 12-of-15 29 *at NEW ORLEANS 7 p.m. free throws, including scoring NSU’s final five points to hold off UIW’s comeback (23 point edge down to 3). • Trenton Massner chipped in 17 points on 7-11 shooting, his third straight double-figure game. February • NSU is in a tie for fifth place with Central Arkansas in the standings. 1 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS 3 p.m. 5 *ABILENE CHRISTIAN 6:30 p.m. • The Demons are playing five of its first seven SLC games on the road. 8 *at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. SCOUTING MCNEESE 12 *INCARNATE WORD 6:30 p.m. • McNeese snapped a three-game losing streak when it pulled off a road win at Abilene Christian, 88-84, its 15 *McNEESE 3 p.m. first SLC win this season. A.J. Lawson had 35 and Shamarkus Kennedy had 24 points and 10 rebounds. 19 *NICHOLLS 6:30 p.m. • The Cowboys make shots, and their 52 percent overall and 42 percent from 3-point range rank 2nd nationally. 26 *at Stephen F. Austin 6:30 p.m. 29 *at Southeastern Louisiana 4 p.m. • Dru Kuxhausen leads nation with 63 made 3s, and Lawson and Kennedy are among SLC scoring leaders. 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 Brian Trenton Chudier Nikos Larry WHITE MASSNER BILE CHOUGKAZ OWENS G • So. • 5-6 • 164 G • Jr. • 6-2 • 175 F • R-Jr. • 6-6 • 195 G • Fr. • 6-9 • 200 C • Jr. • 6-7 • 300 GP/GS ................................13/8 GP/GS ................................11/8 GP/GS ..............................14/12 GP/GS ..............................14/10 GP/GS ................................14/6 PPG .....................................8.0 PPG ................................... 7.2 PPG ...................................12.9 PPG .....................................9.3 PPG .....................................4.4 RBD .....................................1.9 RBD .....................................3.4 RBD .....................................6.9 RBD .....................................6.2 RBD .....................................3.1 AST ......................................3.8 AST ......................................2.0 AST ......................................1.3 AST ......................................1.1 AST ......................................0.3 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.3 BLK......................................1.4 BLK......................................0.8 BLK......................................0.3 STL ......................................0.9 STL ......................................0.7 STL ......................................0.7 STL ......................................1.1 STL ......................................0.2 MIN ...................................24.9 MIN ...................................23.5 MIN ...................................22.2 MIN ...................................22.5 MIN ...................................10.7 Game 15 • at McNeese • January 11, 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 - Kuh-far Bloom WAPELLO - 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) Assistant to the Head Coach: Morris Scott (FAMU, 2002) Mike McConathy has enjoyed success against McNeese, posting a 23-16 record in his tenure, including a sweep this Graduate Manager: Jordan Luna (Texas A&M, 2017) past season. NSU won two tight games against the Cowboys, a five-point win at home and a two-point win on the road. Athletic Trainer: Kalevi Pajuluoma In the two-point win, Malik Metoyer had a twisting paint shot go in with 17 seconds to go on an Ishmael Lane pass, and Lane blocked a shot on the Cowboys’ final possession. SPORTS INFORMATION Director: Jason Pugh The series is 4-4 in the last eight games, which ended a six-game winning streak in the series by NSU (2013-2015, Assistant Directors: Matt Vines (MBB Contact); Brad Welborn which was capped by an SLC Tournament win). Adminisrative Assistant: Ronnette Pellegrin NSU had one other six-game winning streak in the series (2004-07) Offi ce Phone: (318) 357-6467 After McConathy won the first two meetings with McNeese when he came to Natchitoches in 1999, the Cowboys won Vines’ Cell: (318) 716-8605 six of the next seven.