2012-13 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN BASKETBALL Ben Rikard, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications • Office (936) 468-5801 • Cell (936) 554-2077 E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @SFA_Athletics • Facebook.com/SFALumberjacks • www.SFAJacks.com GAME INFORMATION GAME 9 NORMAN, OKLA. (LLOYD NOBLE CENTER) Date / Time: Sat., Dec. 18 / 7:00 p.m. CT Site: Norman, Okla. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS (7-1) Arena: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) Head Coach: Danny Kaspar (North Texas, 1978) TV: None Career Record: 445-190 (21st season), Record at SFA: 226-137 (13th season) Radio: None Video: Sooner Sports TV Live Stats: SoonerSports.com Twitter Updates: twitter.com/SFA_Athletics OKLAHOMA SOONERS (7-2) Series: First Meeting Head Coach: Lon Kruger (Kansas State, 1975) First Meeting: 1-1 Career Record: 501-322 (27th season) Record at OU: 22-18 (2nd season) Last Meeting: SFA 66, OU 62 - Dec. 8, 2007 Kaspar vs OU: 1-0 STORY LINES • With wins in seven of its first eight games of the season, the ‘Jacks will now travel north for its SCHEDULE / RESULTS final non-conference road test until February on Tuesday when it takes on the Oklahoma Sooners November (4-0) at the Lloyd Noble Center. 09 Howard Payne W, 84-30 • It will be the first time SFA has taken on Oklahoma since the 2007-08 season when the ‘Jacks left 17 at Florida International W, 69-60 Norman with a 66-62 win over the Blake Griffin-led Sooners, a signature non-conference win in a 20 Jarvis Christian W, 78-39 season that peaked in SFA’s first-ever Southland Conference title. 24 at Tulsa W, 57-41 December (3-1) THE LAST TIME OUT 01 San Diego W, 56-51 • SFA got a career-high 24 points from Desmond Haymon and hit beter than 59 percent from the floor, needing all the offense it could get to hold off a pesky Lubbock Christian squad, 78-67, on 05 at Texas A&M L, 62-54 Saturday at William R. Johnson Coliseum. SFA put four players in double figures, led by Haymon, 08 LSU Shreveport W, 73-46 who hit eight of his 10 shots from the field - including a career-best four from downtown - to go 15 Lubbock Christian W, 78-67 with five rebounds. Meanwhile, Taylor Smith also continued his run of solid play, going for 16 18 at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. points, five rebounds and four blocks. In addition, Antonio Bostic added 12 and Jacob Parker 11 20 Grambling 7:00 p.m. while Hal Bateman dished out six of SFA’s 17 assists on the night. 29 at A&M-Corpus Christi* 3:00 p.m. January (0-0) UP NEXT 03 Lamar 8:00 p.m. • The ‘Jacks get just two days off before hosting Grambling in its final tune up before opening Southland Conference play after a nine-day layoff on December 29 at exasT A&M-Corpus Christi. 05 McNeese State* 6:00 p.m. 10 at Central Arkansas* 7:30 p.m. 12 at Oral Roberts* 7:30 p.m. 17 Southeastern La.* 8:00 p.m. 19 Nicholls* 6:00 p.m. 26 at Northwestern State* 3:00 p.m. 30 at McNeese State* 7:30 p.m. SFA PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP February (0-0) 02 at Lamar* 6:00 p.m. 07 Central Arkansas* 8:00 p.m. 09 Oral Roberts* 6:00 p.m. 14 at Nicholls* 7:30 p.m. 16 at Southeastern La.* 4:00 p.m. 20 at Sam Houston State* 7:30 p.m. 23 at ESPN Bracket Busters& TBA March (0-0) G • 4 • SR G • 5 • SR G • 25 • JR F • 34 • SO F • 32 • SR 02 Northwestern State* 6:00 p.m. 07 Sam Houston State* 8:00 p.m. Hal Antonio Desmond Jacob Taylor 09 A&M-Corpus Christi* 6:00 p.m. Bateman Bostic Haymon Parker Smith 12-15 Southland Tourney+ TBA * Southland Conference Game PTS 3.6 PTS 10.0 PTS 9.4 PTS 9.4 PTS 14.3 PTS REB 2.1 REB 3.1 REB 3.0 REB 4.0 REB 7.3 REB + Southland Conference Tournament AST 6.9 AST 1.9 AST 1.0 AST 0.9 AST 2.8 BLK & Sears Bracket Busters Other 1.9 STL 1.6 STL 0.6 STL 1.0 STL 0.9 STL 50 Years Of Southland Basketball SFA Athletics @SFA_Athletics 1 2012-13 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN MEN’S BASKETBALL SFAJacks.com | @SFA_Athletics QUICK HITS QUICK FACTS • The Lumberjacks will be looking to extend their streak of 40 consecutive games of holding op- UNIVERSITY ponents under 70 points. SFA went all of 2011-12 without allowing 70 points to an opponent and has Location: Nacogdoches, Texas done so in the first eight games of this season. Founded: 1921 • SFA has taken on 10 teams from the state of Oklahoma in the Danny Kaspar era, winning each of First Classes: 1923 the last nine from Texas’ neighbor to the north. The last time SFA lost to a team from Oklahoma was Enrollment: 12,999 a 78-57 loss to Oral Roberts in Tulsa during the 2001-02 season. Nickname: Lumberjacks • After outrebounding Lubbock Christian, 31-21, on Saturday, SFA has now outrebounded 17 of its School Colors: Purple & White/Red Trim last 18 opponents with its win over San Diego being the only occasion it has not happened when the Arena: William R. Johnson Coliseum Toreros drew even on the boards, 26-26. Capacity: 7,203 • SFA is 41-0 vs non-Division I programs in the Danny Kaspar era. Affiliation: NCAA Div. I • Stephen F. Austin and Wisconsin are the only two programs in the nation to be ranked in the top Conference: Southland 10 nationally in scoring defense each of the last five seasons. President: Dr. Baker Pattillo Athletics Director: Robert Hill SERIES vs OKLAHOMA Assoc. AD-Compliance: Matt Fenley QUICK HITS Asst. AD-External Affairs: John Branch Series vs. OU: Tied, 1-1 • The Lumberjacks will be looking to extend their streak of 34 consecutive games of holding an op- Asst. AD-Business Affairs: Rob Meyers Last 5 Meetings ponent under 70 points. SFA went all of 2011-12 without allowing 70 points to an opponent. Asst. AD-Student Services: Rob McDermand • SFA is now 9-4 in season-opening games under Danny Kaspar. 2007-08 at Oklahoma W 66-62 1980-81 at Oklahoma L 88-55 • The ‘Jacks have compiled a 13-13 record in season openers as a D-I program (since 1986-87) TEAM • Under Kaspar, the ‘Jacks are 7-0 when opening the season at home and 12-6 in home season Head Coach: Danny Kaspar openers overall as a Division I program. Alma Mater/Yr: North Texas/1978 • SFA has won its last 13 home openers, last losing to Texas A&M to open the 1998-99 season. Record at School/Yrs: 226-137/12 • SFA is 37-0 vs non-Division I programs in the Danny Kaspar era. Overall Record/Yrs: 445-190/21 • Stephen F. Austin and Wisconsin are the only two programs in the nation to be ranked in the top Assistant Coaches: Brette Tanner Last Meeting 10 nationally in scoring defense each of the last five seasons. Talvin Hester Josh Alexander finished with a game-high 19 points at Oklahoma and calmly knocked Nick Shaw down a pair of free throws with 2.4 seconds left to seal the Lumberjacks’ 66-62 win over Graduate Assistant: Kyle Riley the Sooners. The victory was SFA’s first against a Big 12 Conference opponent since the Athletic Trainer: Steve Condon Lumberjacks knocked off Baylor on the road in 2003, and extended SFA’s win streak to MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY five games, including three straight on the road, and tying the Lumberjacks’ best start to First Year of Basketball: 1923 a season since 1981-82. OU came into the game shooting .485 from the floor and .390 from All-Time Record: 1,293-850 3-point range, but SFA held OU to 40 percent from the field and the Sooners went 2-for- NCAA Tourney Appearances: 1 (2009) 14 from behind the arc and didn’t have a three until late in the second half. Last Postseason Appearance: NCAA, 2009 (0-1) Last Opponent: vs. Syracuse Series Notes Result: L, 59-44 The ‘Jacks have played twice in Norman, winning at the Lloyd Noble Center in the 2007- ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 08 season behind 19 points from Josh Alexander and 16 from Matt Kingsley. Location: Nacogdoches, Texas Founded: 1921 SFA SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: SFA Athletics Twitter: @SFA_Athletics 2012-13 SFA BASKETBALL ROSTER NO NAME POS HT WT CL-EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Thomas Walkup SG 6-4 195 FR-RS Pasadena, Texas/Deer Park HS 1 Danilo Toskovic F 6-6 205 JR-TR Santa Monica, Calif. (Western Wyoming CC) 3 Deshaunt Walker SG 6-0 170 JR-TR Silver Springs, Md. (South Plains Coll.) 4 Hal Bateman PG 5-11 170 SR-1L Davenport, Iowa (Des Moines Area CC) 5 Antonio Bostic SG 6-2 175 SR-2L Shawnee, Kan. (Neosho County CC) 10 Trey Pinkney PG 5-9 160 FR-HS Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes HS 11 Adam Perez PG 5-11 165 FR-HS San Antonio, Texas/Clark HS 12 Jared Harrison PG 5-11 175 Jr.-TR Slidell, La./Salmen HS (Conners St. College) 15 Joe Bright F 6-4 205 SR-1L Minneapolis, Minn. (Howard College) 22 Rex Baxter, Jr. F 6-4 190 FR-HS Houston, Texas/Klein HS 23 Nikola Gajic F 6-5 200 JR-TR Bosnia (Jacksonville College) 25 Desmond Haymon SG 6-3 190 JR-2L Durant, Miss./Sullivan HS 32 Taylor Smith F 6-6 215 SR-1L Schertz, Texas (McLennan CC) 33 Patrick Costello F 6-9 205 FR-HS Houston, Texas/Pope John XXIII HS 34 Jacob Parker F 6-6 210 SO-1L Bixby, Okla./Bixby HS 43 Ice Asortse F 6-7 230 JR-TR Nigeria (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) Head Coach: Danny Kaspar • 13th season • North Texas (1978) Assistant Coaches: Brette Tanner (7th yr): Talvin Hester (1st yr): Nick Shaw (2nd yr) Graduate Assistant: Kyle Riley (2nd yr) Managers: Charley Merriweather, John McElhany Strength & Conditioning: Brittany Castledine Athletic Trainer: Steve Condon 2 SFAJacks.com | @SFA_Athletics 2012-13 STEPHEN F.