Contact: Calhoun Hipp | 972-422-9500,Contact: ext.Josh 110 Yonis | [email protected]. Director of Communications MEN’S 972-422-9500, ext. 107 (o) 817-899-6499 (c) BASKETBALL [email protected] Week 14 Notes Feb. 22-28, 2021 Southland.org | Facebook.com/SouthlandSports | @SouthlandSports | Instagram.com/SouthlandSports 2020-21 Southland Conference Standings Conference Overall School W-L Pct. Home Away Streak W-L Pct. Home Away Neut. Streak Abilene Christian 10-1 0.909 6-0 4-1 W7 18-3 0.857 11-0 4-3 3-0 W7 Sam Houston 10-1 0.909 6-0 4-1 W3 16-6 0.727 11-0 5-5 0-1 W3 Stephen F. Austin 9-1 0.900 6-0 3-1 W4 13-3 0.813 10-0 3-3 0-0 W4 Nicholls 10-2 0.833 4-1 6-1 W3 13-6 0.684 5-1 6-5 2-0 W3 Northwestern State 6-4 0.600 2-2 4-2 W5 7-14 0.333 3-3 4-10 0-1 W5 UIW 5-5 0.500 2-4 3-1 L1 8-9 0.471 5-5 3-4 0-0 L1 Southeastern La. 4-6 0.400 3-3 1-3 L2 6-13 0.316 3-3 3-10 0-0 L2 Houston Baptist 3-6 0.333 2-3 1-3 W1 4-13 0.235 3-4 1-9 0-0 W1 New Orleans 3-6 0.333 3-2 0-4 L4 4-13 0.235 3-4 0-8 1-1 L4 McNeese 2-8 0.200 0-3 2-5 L1 8-11 0.421 6-3 2-8 0-0 L1 Lamar 2-9 0.182 2-3 0-6 L5 4-16 0.200 3-4 1-11 0-1 L5 Central Arkansas 2-9 0.182 1-4 1-5 L9 3-16 0.158 2-4 1-12 0-0 L9 A&M-Corpus Christi 1-9 0.100 1-4 0-5 W1 4-15 0.211 4-6 0-8 0-1 W1 Week 14 Schedule Quick Hitters Monday, Feb. 22 - With a win over Central Arkansas on Saturday, Houston Baptist at Northwestern State ..6:30 p.m. Southeastern La. at A&M-Corpus Christi ..6:30 p.m. Nicholls joined Abilene Christian as the only two Central Arkansas at New Orleans ................7 p.m. schools who have clinched a spot in the Southland Sam Houston at Lamar (ESPN+) ..................7 p.m. Conference Tournament. Wednesday, Feb. 24 Stephen F. Austin at Northwestern St. ....6:30 p.m. - Abilene Christian will put its perfect 11-0 home McNeese at Southeastern La. (ESPN+) .......7 p.m. record on the line on Wednesday against Sam New Orleans at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ..7 p.m. Houston Baptist at Nicholls ..........................7 p.m. Houston in a matchup of the league’s top two Lamar at UIW ..............................................7 p.m. squads. The Bearkats won the schools’ first meet- Southland Men’s Basketball Tournament Sam Houston at Abilene Christian (ESPN+) ..7:30 p.m. ing 64-57 in Huntsville back on Jan. 20. March 10-13, 2021 Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas Saturday, Feb. 27 Southeastern La. at Northwestern State......3 p.m. - Fighting for conference tournament spots, New Wednesday, March 10 Stephen F. Austin at Lamar (ESPN+) ......4:30 p.m. Orleans and Northwestern State will have to play Game 1: No. 8 Seed vs. No. 5 Seed (ESPN+) ...........5 p.m. Abilene Christian at Central Arkansas (ESPN+) ..5 p.m. Game 2: No. 7 Seed vs. No. 6 Seed (ESPN+) ......7:30 p.m. Nicholls at New Orleans ...............................6 p.m. its last six games over 13 days after delays due to COVID-19 and last week’s winter storm. Houston Baptist at McNeese ..................7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11 Game 3: Winner Gm. 1 vs. No. 4 Seed (ESPN+) .......5 p.m. Preseason Poll Preseason All-Conference Game 4: Winner Gm. 2 vs. No. 3 Seed (ESPN+) ..7:30 p.m. Pl. Team (first-place votes) ...................... Total First Team Friday, March 12 1. Stephen F. Austin (17) ............................... 278 Joe Pleasant*........ACU .....F ........Jr. ....Overland Park, Kan. Game 5: Winner Gm. 3 vs. No. 1 Seed (ESPN+) .......5 p.m. 2. Abilene Christian (3) ................................. 254 Rylan Bergersen* ..UCA .....G .......Sr. ...............Boise, Idaho Game 6: Winner Gm. 4 vs. No. 2 Seed (ESPN+) ..7:30 p.m. 3. Sam Houston ............................................ 216 Dru Kuxhausen* ....MCN ....G .......Sr. ........ Scottsbluff, Neb. 4. Nicholls (1) ............................................... 209 Zach Nutall* ..........SHSU ...G .......Jr. .............. Bryan, Texas Saturday, March 13 5. Lamar (3) ................................................. 199 Gavin Kensmil* .....SFA ......F ........Sr. Paramaribo, Suriname Championship Game (TBD) ........................................ TBD 6. McNeese (2) ............................................. 177 7. Central Arkansas ...................................... 153 Second Team 8. New Orleans ............................................. 132 DeAndre Jones .....UCA .....PG .....Sr. ...............Boise, Idaho Southland Southland 9. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ........................ 131 Davion Buster .......LU .......G .......Jr. ..............Austin, Texas Record Book Statistics 10. Northwestern State .................................. 123 A.J. Lawson ..........MCN ....G .......Sr. .............. Bryan, Texas 11. Southeastern Louisiana .............................. 68 Troy Green ............UNO .....G .......Sr. ...............St. Rose, La. 12. UIW ............................................................ 64 Kevin Johnson ......NICH ....G .......Sr. ........... Thibodaux, La. Mid-Major NCAA 13. Houston Baptist .......................................... 24 Roti Ware ..............SFA ......G .......Sr. .............Morton, Miss. Poll Statistics * - Automatic selection, 2019-20 All-Conference Southland Conference • 2801 Network Blvd. Suite 502 • Frisco, Texas 75034 • 972-422-9500 (o) • 972-422-9225 (f) Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Week 14 Southland Head Coaches Southland SID Contacts vs. Non-Conference Abilene Christian .................................... Joe Golding Abilene Christian ................................................ Cassie Kelley Opponents School Record, Years: .................................152-142, 10 Office: .................................................................. 325-674-6171 Career Record, Years: .................................152-142, 10 Cell: ..................................................................... 304-208-3026 America East .................................................... 0-0 Assistants: ................................ Brette Tanner, Jon Trilli E-mail: .............................................................. [email protected] ...................................... Antonio Bostic, Colton Southall American .......................................................... 0-7 Central Arkansas .....................................................Steve East A-10 ................................................................. 0-1 Central Arkansas ...............................Anthony Boone Office: .................................................................. 501-450-5743 School Record, Years: ...................................... 12-29, 2 ACC .................................................................. 0-0 Career Record, Years: ...................................... 12-29, 2 Cell: ..................................................................... 501-339-8215 A-SUN .............................................................. 0-2 Assistants:... ............Matt Scherbenske, Brock Widders E-mail: ................................................................ [email protected] Big Ten ............................................................. 0-1 ................................................................ John Cranford Houston Baptist ......................................................Jeff Sutton Big 12 ............................................................. 0-11 Houston Baptist ...................................... Ron Cottrell Office: .................................................................. 281-649-3208 Big East ............................................................ 0-0 School Record, Years: ............................... 495-444, 30 Cell: ..................................................................... 512-426-3275 Big Sky ............................................................. 1-0 Career Record, Years: ............................... 495-444, 30 E-mail: ..............................................................jsutton@hbu.edu Big South .......................................................... 0-1 Assistants: ............ Steven Key, Jud Kinne, Keith Berard Big West ........................................................... 1-0 UIW .............................................................................Eric Hunt UIW ........................................Dr. Carson Cunningham Office: .................................................................. 210-829-6041 Colonial ............................................................ 0-0 School Record, Years: ......................................23-56, 3 E-mail: .................................................ehunt@student.uiwtx.edu C-USA ............................................................. 1-11 Career Record, Years: .................................. 130-108, 8 Horizon ............................................................. 0-1 Assistants: ............Chris Artis, Taylor Land, Ryne Smith Lamar ...................................................................James Dixon Independents .................................................... 0-0 Lamar .............................................................Tic Price Office: .................................................................. 409-880-8329 Ivy League ........................................................ 0-0 Cell: ..................................................................... 936-552-1171 School Record, Years: ...................................106-111, 8 Metro Atlantic ................................................... 0-0 Career Record, Years: ................................271-233,