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. Stephen F. Austin Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 • 6:30 p.m. 17 Natchitoches, La. • Prather Coliseum (3,400) 2019-20 SCHEDULE MATCHUP November Northwestern State Stephen F. Austin 5 CENTENARY W, 84-57 Demons Lumberjacks 6 at Texas A&M L, 77-63 2019-20 Record: 7-9, 4-3 SLC 2019-20 Record: 15-3, 6-1 12 RICE L, 80-74 Head Coach: Mike McConathy Head Coach: Kyle Keller 16 at Tulane L, 79-52 Career Record: 654-489 (37th season) Career Record: 75-41 (3rd Season) 19 LOUISIANA COLLEGE W, 67-60 Northwestern State Record: 302-330 (21st season) SFA Record: 75-41 (3rd Season) 26 at ULM L, 77-69 Record vs. SFA: December RADIO TV/STREAM 3 at SMU L, 77-51 Demon Sports Network (95.9 Kix Country, NSUDemons.com) Demon Sports Network 8 at LSU L, 109-59 nsudemons.com/watch 18 *at Sam Houston State L, 92-79 PXP: Patrick Netherton 21 *LAMAR W, 67-61 29 CHAMPION CHRISTIAN W, 101-61 TIPOFF • Will Northwestern State remember what their home floor looks like when the Demons host Stephen F. January 2 *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 67-62 Austin on Wednesday? NSU played five of its first seven Southland Conference games on the road, but Wednes- 5 *HOUSTON BAPTIST W, 106-79 day’s game starts a stretch of seven of nine games at home. 8 *at Incarnate Word W, 72-66 • NSU had its biggest win of the season when Chudier Bile hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to down then-SLC 11 *at McNeese L, 85-76 leader Nicholls, 73-72. NSU improved to 1-1 in games decided by five points or less. 15 *at Nicholls W, 73-72. • Bile collected his third consecutive double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, joined by Trenton 22 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 6:30 p.m. 25 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 3 p.m. Massner getting his first career double-double (10 points, 12 rebounds). Junior Jairus Roberson carried 29 *at NEW ORLEANS 7 p.m. NSU through a second-half drought when he scored 16 of the Demons’ first 22 points. He made 7-10 (5-6 3P) against a Nicholls team that was allowing 25 percent 3P shooting entering the contest. February • NSU will face another SLC leader in SFA, who is 6-1 in league play with nonconference wins over then-No. 1 1 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS 3 p.m. 5 *ABILENE CHRISTIAN 6:30 p.m. Duke, Drexel, Arkansas State and ULM. 8 *at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. • NSU’s 4-3 start to league play is its best since starting 5-2 in 2014-15, NSU’s last SLC Tournament appearance. 12 *INCARNATE WORD 6:30 p.m. SCOUTING SFA 15 *McNEESE 3 p.m. • SFA has had an impressive non-conference schedule, but NSU will be one of the best SLC teams SFA has 19 *NICHOLLS 6:30 p.m. played. Only UCA had a winning league record when SFA beat them. Wins included HBU, McNeese, SLU, UNO 26 *at Stephen F. Austin 6:30 p.m. 29 *at Southeastern Louisiana 4 p.m. and UIW with a loss to TAMU-CC. Kevon Harris is the leading SLC scorer in total points (289), avg 18.1 per game. 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 Larry JONES 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 ................................15/5 GP/GS ..............................13/10 GP/GS ..............................16/14 GP/GS ..............................15/10 GP/GS ................................16/8 PPG .....................................2.9 PPG .....................................8.2 PPG ...................................12.8 PPG .....................................9.3 PPG .....................................4.4 RBD .....................................1.1 RBD .....................................3.9 RBD .....................................7.5 RBD .....................................6.4 RBD .....................................3.3 AST ......................................2.2 AST ......................................2.1 AST ......................................1.6 AST ......................................1.1 AST ......................................0.3 BLK......................................0.0 BLK......................................0.2 BLK......................................1.5 BLK......................................0.8 BLK......................................0.4 STL ......................................0.7 STL ......................................0.7 STL ......................................0.8 STL ......................................1.0 STL ......................................0.1 MIN ...................................15.3 MIN ...................................24.7 MIN ...................................22.9 MIN ...................................22.9 MIN ...................................11.0 Game 17 • vs. Stephen F. Austin • January 22, 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 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007) Assistant to the Head Coach: Morris Scott (FAMU, 2002) Northwestern State swept Stephen F. Austin for the time since 2007 and fifth time overall in Mike McConathy’s 20- Graduate Manager: Jordan Luna (Texas A&M, 2017) year tenure this past season. Athletic Trainer: Kalevi Pajuluoma The Demons won a two-point game on the road thanks to a buzzer tip-in by Ishmael Lane before a smooth 15-point win at home. That was NSU’s last buzzer beater before a Chudier Bile 3-pointer topped Nicholls on Wednesday. SPORTS INFORMATION Director: Jason Pugh NSU has won three out of the last five in the series to break up an eight-game SFA winning streak from 2014-17. Assistant Directors: Matt Vines (MBB Contact); Brad Welborn Adminisrative Assistant: Ronnette Pellegrin McCONATHY REACHES 300th WIN ON NSU SIDELINES Offi ce Phone: (318) 357-6467 Northwestern State coach Mike McConathy notched his 300th win as a Demon on Jan.