M2014-15CNEESE COWBOYS STATE UN BASKETBALLIVERSITY McNeese Sports Information • Jack Doland Athletic Field House • 700 E. McNeese • Lake Charles, LA • (337) 475-5207 • Fax (337) 475-5202 SID: Matthew Bonnette • [email protected] • @WM_Bonnette • cell (337) 263-4822 • www.McNeeseSports.com 2014-15 SCHEDULE (9-12, 3-7) GAME 21 Nov. 14 at Baylor ..............................L 80-39 (9-12; 3-7 SLC) Nov. 18 LOUISIANA COLLEGE .............W 90-63 McNeese Cowboys at Nov. 21 JARVIS CHRISTIAN ................W 85-70 UNO Privateers (6-13, 2-8 SLC) Nov. 29 at LSU ..................................L 83-72 (SECN+) Dec. 3 SOUTHERN (N.O.) .................W 74-63 February 9, 2015 • 7 p.m. • New Orleans • Lakefront Arena TV/Stream: None • Radio: Cajun Radio 1470/1290 AM • Series: UNO leads 7-6 Dec. 6 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE .........W 80-70 Dec. 13 at TCU...................................L 68-50 Probable Starters Dec. 16 LSU-ALEXANDRIA .................W 84-68 Dec. 20 TOLEDO ................................L 83-69 Dec. 22 CENTRAL MICHIGAN .............L 87-58 Dec. 30 at Mississippi State ..............W 66-47 (SECN+) Jan. 3 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN .............L 80-75 Jan. 5 *HOUSTON BAPTIST .............L 68-56 Jan. 10 *at A&M-Corpus Christi........L 71-61 G • 1 • SO G • 3 • SR G • 11 • SR F • 32 • SR P • 44 • JR Jan. 17 *at Sam Houston State ........L 69-60 Jamaya Burr Keelan Garrett Kevin Hardy Desharick Guidry Austin Lewis Jan. 20 *ABILENE CHRISTIAN ...........W 63-56 PPG 9.1 PPG 9.9 PPG 12.8 PPG 17.2 PPG 4.9 RPG 2.2 RPG 1.8 RPG 6.8 RPG 11.6 RPG 3.6 Jan. 24 *at Northwestern State ........L 93-67 APG 4.1 APG 1.4 APG 4.0 APG 1.8 APG 0.1 Jan. 26 *at Incarnate Word ..............L 86-84 SPG 1.3 SPG 0.7 SPG 2.5 SPG 1.4 SPG 0.1 Jan. 31 *NEW ORLEANS ...................W 68-61 BPG 0.0 BPG 0.1 BPG 1.0 BPG 0.7 BPG 2.4 Feb. 2 *at Southeastern La. ............W 73-60 FG% 36.4 FG% 36.2 FG% 45.7 FG% 51.6 FG% 56.2 3FG% 19.2 3FG% 31.2 3FG% 40.0 3FG% 43.1 3FG% 00.0 Feb. 7 *at Nicholls ..........................L 70-59 FT% 71.8 FT% 76.2 FT% 59.3 FT% 67.0 FT% 64.0 Feb. 9 *at New Orleans ..................7 p.m. Feb. 14 *NORTHWESTERN STATE ......3 p.m. McNeese Notables Feb. 16 *SOUTHEASTERN LA. ...........7 p.m. POKES VISIT PRIVATEERS AS BOTH TEAMS LOOK TO REBOUND Both McNeese State and UNO are coming off of losses that they’d both like to forget about. The Cowboys put up a flat Feb. 21 *at Lamar ............................6 p.m. effort in a 70-59 loss at Nicholls on Saturday while UNO dropped a 70-67 game at Central Arkansas - the Bears first win Feb. 24 *at Central Arkansas ............7 p.m. of the season. McNeese led 27-24 at the half after scoring the final 11 points but Nicholls stormed out to a 14-0 run to Feb. 28 *NICHOLLS ...........................3:05 p.m. (ESPN3) begin the second half. The Cowboys cut the lead to 6 points with 4 minutes to play but couldn’t get any closer. McNeese Mar. 2 *LAMAR ...............................7 p.m. is now 2-8 away from home on the season and 1-5 in SLC road games. McNeese beat UNO 68-61 just 10 days ago. The Mar. 8 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS ..........1 p.m. Cowboys led by 19 late in the second half and had to hold off a fierce Privateer rally. Mar. 11-14 at Southland Conference Tournament HARDY GETS STEALS RECORD * - Southland Conference games Senior guard Kevin Hardy became McNeese’s all-time career leader in steals when his two swipes on Saturday pushed him past Demond Mallet as the record holder with 208. That 208 also ranks him among the Southland Conference’s best All times Central and subject to change in that category, as he ranks No. 10 on the list. Home games in ALL CAPS All home games will be played in Burton Coliseum GUIDRY-HARDY DUO IN RARE COMPANY Desharick Guidry and Kevin Hardy joined an elite company on Saturday when Hardy became the 29th player in school history to score his 1,000th career point. Guidry reached the milestone earlier in the year. The two become just the third duo in school history to record his 1,000th career point in the same season. Demond Mallet and Tierre Brown became the first tag-team to hit their marks, that coming in the 2001 season. Then in 2008, John Ford and Jarvis Bradley joined the 1,000-points scored club. McNeese State Cowboys Basketball February 9, 2015 at UNO QUICK FACTS 2014-15 McNeese State Numerical Roster Location. .Lake Charles, La. No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-L Hometown/Previous School Founded. .1939 0 Shaun Johnson G 5-10 178 Jr.-2L Pineville, LA (Pineville HS) Enrollment . 8,900 1 Jamaya Burr G 6-0 167 So.-1L Ruston, LA (Ruston HS) Nickname . .Cowboys 3 Keelan Garrett G 6-0 180 Sr.-2L Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis Catholic HS) Affiliation . Southland Conference 5 Marcus Mathieu PG 5-11 178 Fr.-RS Richardson, TX (Plane East HS) Colors . Blue (PMS 287) and Gold (PMS 116) 11 Kevin Hardy G 6-2 180 Sr.-3L Lake Charles, LA (St. Louis Catholic HS) Arena . Burton Coliseum 13 Jordan Wells F 6-7 250 Jr.-2L Orange, TX (Little Cypress-Mauriceville HS) Available Capacity . 3,800 15 Matthew Moss C 6-9 212 Jr.-1L Anacoco, LA (Charis Prep) President . Dr. Philip Williams 23 Darrell Joubert G 6-1 180 Fr.-HS Opelousas, LA (Northwest HS) 24 Lance Potier G/F 6-5 189 So.-1L St. Martinville, LA (St. Martinville HS) Athletic Director . Bruce Hemphill 31 Stephen Ugochukwu F 6-7 210 Fr.-HS Lewisville, TX (Argyle Christian Academy) Ticket Office Phone . (337) 562-4MSU 32 Desharick Guidry F 6-5 200 Sr.-3L Lake Charles, LA (Washington-Marion HS) Website . www.McNeeseSports.com 35 Andrija Milovanovic G/F 6-5 210 So.-1L Belgrade, Serbia (Koledz Beograd HS) Twitter. @McNeeseSports 44 Austin Lewis F 6-8 215 Jr.-2L Houston, TX (Westfield HS) . .@McNeeseMBB Men’s Hoops SID . Matthew Bonnette Head Coach: Dave Simmons (9th season) Phone . (337) 475-5207 Assistant Coach: David Dumars (14th season) Cell . (337) 263-4822 Assistant Coach: Steve Welch (13th season; 5th since 2010) Assistant Coach: Preston David (4th season; 1st in new position) Email . [email protected] Dir. of Basketball Ops: Eric Willis (4th season; 1st in new position) HISTORY PRONUNCIATIONS: 2013-14 Record . 11-20 JAMAYA Burr juh-my-uh SLC Record/Finish . 9-9/7th DESHARICK Guidry duh-shar-ick First Year of Basketball . 1946 Darrell JOUBERT zhoo-bair All-Time Record . .1,001-843 ANDRIJA MILOVANOVIC an-dre-yuh me-low-van-o-vich Lance POTIER po-shay NCAA Touney Appearances, Last. 2, 2001-02 Stephen UGOCHUKWU you-go-chew-coo All-Time NCAA Record. .0-2 Preston DAVID like the first name David NIT Appearances, Last. 3, 2010-11 All-Time NIT Record . 1-3 CollegeInsider.com Apperances . 1 GUIDRY ALL-AROUND THREAT Last . .2011-12 Senior Desharick Guidry continues to make his case as a Player of the Year candidate. Guidry has led the league in re- Result . .L 76-63 at Toledo bounding the entire season, now at 11.6 per game, and is ranked 4th in scoring at 17.2 ppg. In addition to those stats, SLC Championships, Last . .6, 2010-11 he’s fouth in the league in 3-point shooting with a 43.1 aim, and is 11th in steals with 1.4 per outing. SLC Tournament Titles, Last. 2, 2001-02 • In conference games only, he’s averaging 17.2 points, 11.3 rebounds, is 8th in the league with 1.6 steals and is 4th in All-Time SLC Record, Years . 316-294, 42nd 3FG shooting at 48.6 percent. • Ranks No. 1 in the nation with 16 double-doubles on the season. TEAM INFORMATION Starters Return/Lost. .3/2 HARDY MOVES UP ASSISTS LIST Lettermen Return/Lost . 11/4 Hardy moved into the No. 3 spot on the school’s all-time career assist list with his 6 at Southeastern Louisiana last Class Breakdown Seniors . 4 Monday to give him 385 in his career. He moved past Chauncey Bryant, and after dishing out 2 at Nicholls, he’s 59 short Juniors. 4 of tying Scooby Harmon for 2nd all-time. Sophomores . 3 Freshmen . .3 HARDY/GUIDRY MAKE SCHOOL HISTORY Both Kevin Hardy and Desharick Guidry have both set firsts for the McNeese program. Hardy is the first player in school history to record 1,000 points, 500 rebunds, 300 assists and 200 steals in a career while Guidry is the very first player to BASKETBALL STAFF record 1,000 points, 800 rebounds, 100 assists and 100 steals in a career. Head Coach . Dave Simmons (La. Tech, ‘81) Asst. Coach . .Steve Welch (SLU, ‘70) Asst. Coach . David Dumars (ULM, ‘80) STORM OF 3s LAST FEW GAMES Asst. Coach . Preston David (McNeese, ‘10) The Pokes haven’t held back on the three-point attempts as of late, but luckily with the numerous attempts, a lot of Dir. of Ops. Eric Willis (McNeese, ‘14) those are falling. McNeese attempted a season-high 32 shots from long range at SLU but also drained a season-high tying 11. That season-high mark was first set just three games earlier at Northwestern State when the Cowboys hit 11 of 22.