THE MCNEESE C2010-11OWBOYS SEASON FINAL REPORT Stephan Martin The Cowboys packed them in the for their NIT game against Boston College in Burton Coliseum. The McNeese State Cowboys wrapped up their 2010-11 season in front of 5,035 fans in Burton Coli- seum in a first round game of the NIT. The Cowboys had won the regular season Southland Conference title and had earned a berth in the post season NIT. Preston David The Cowboys dropped the NIT game to Boston College but still finished the season at 21-12, the best record at the school since the 2001-02 campaign. It was the second time in the school’s history for Mc- Neese to host a NIT game (the other was in the 1985-86 season against Dayton). McNeese also posted one of its best ever home records, winning its first 14 games and going 15-2 on the year. The Cowboys were 11-5 in league play. Patrick Richard, who will be back next season, led the Cowboys in scoring and was a first team all- conference and an all-district pick. He averaged 16.1 points per game and ranked second in rebounding with a 6.4 mark and in assists with a 2.5 average. P. J. Alawoya, the only player in the Southland Conference to average a double double for the entire year, led the Cowboys in rebounding with a 10.3 mark and also scored 10.2 points per game. P. J. Alawoya Diego Kapelan was second in scoring at 14.9 per game and Stephan Martin was third with 10.4 points all-SLC a contest. C. J. Collins led the team in assists with 3.5 per game COACH: Dave Simmons completed his fifth year at McNeese with a 70 -83 record.....he earned his first league title as a head coach and he was named the Southland Conference coach of the year as well as the National Associaton of Basketball Coaches coach of the year in District 23. SENIORS: five Cowboys completed their final year - Diego Kapelan, C. J. Collins, Preston Da- vid, P. J. Alawoya and Stephan Martin....all had been with the program for four years UP THE RANKS: Diego Kapelan, who scored his 1,000th career point earlier in the year (vs Miami), completed his career with 1405 points. Also Patrick Richard now has scored 1030 points and Stephan Martin finished with 933 points in his career while P. J. Alawoya had 849 C. J. Collins points as well as 830 rebounds. C. J. Collins completed his career ranked on the all-time Cowboy list for assists with 321. COWBOYS NOTES: the 5,035 fans that watched the Cowboys play Boston College in the NIT first round game was the fifth largest crowd in Burton Coli- seum .... LSU helped McNeese open the coliseum with 7,000 fans on hand in the inaugural game in 1986...the second largest was the 6,025 for the McNeese- UL Monroe SLC championship game in 2001-02...the others were 5,543 in a game with Lamar in 2000-01 and 5,225 in a game with Louisiana Tech in 1988-89 Pat Richard - team ALL-TOURNAMENT: Patrick Richard and Diego Kapelan were named to scoring leader and Diego Kapelan all-SLC the Southland Conference all-tournament team all-SLC McNeese State 2010-2011 Schedule NOVEMBER 13 at Washington lost 118-64 16 Georgia State won 68-62 20 Louisiana College won 92-53 22 at Southern Miss lost 75-60 24 at Miami lost 79-59 DECEMBER 1 UL-Lafayette won 69-66 9 Jarvis Christian won 96-91 11 Louisiana Tech won 80-70 13 SW Assemblies won 84-66 16 at LSU lost 78-66 (OT) 19 Sacramento State won 65-63 (OT) 21 Univ. of Southwest won 100-61 31 at Texas A&M lost 66-57 JANUARY 8 TAMU-Corpus won 72-49 12 at Lamar University won 78-76 15 Texas State won 97-92 19 at Southeastern La. lost 80-77 22 at Northwestern State lost 87-77 (OT) McNeese State Coaching Staff 26 at Nicholls State won 66-65 Head coach Dave Simmons (seated), Patrick Haynes, David 29 at Central Arkansas won 70-63 Dumars and Steve Welch (standing left to right) FEBRUARY 5 at Stephen F. Austin lost 65--50 12 Central Arkansas won 81-67 14 Sam Houston State won 73-63 16 at UTSA lost 65-61 19 Northwestern State won 78-62 23 UT Arlington won 81-72 26 Nicholls State won 71-51 MARCH 2 Southeastern La. lost 81-74 5 Lamar won 92-74 9 *Nicholls won 61-54 10 *Texas State won 91-93 Coach Dave Simmons (pictured as a 11 *UT San Antonio lost 75-72 collegiate player) is one of the few head 15 #Boston College lost 82-64 coaches in the nation who also scored * Southland Conference tournament game at the Merrell Center in Katy, TX over 1500 points as a player. He is a # NIT game at Burton Coliseum member of the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame. McNeese State 2009-2010 Basketball Roster NUMERICAL NO. PLAYER POST. HGT WGT CL/EX HOMETOWN 0 Diego Kapelan G 6-3 195 Sr/3L Vancouver, BC (King George) 3 Patrick Richard F/G 6-4 208 Jr/2L Carencro, LA (Carencro HS) 5 Dontae Cannon G 6-1 168 So/1L Alexandria, LA (ASH) 10 Brandon Regis G/F 6-3 196 So/1L Addison, TX (W. T. White) 20 Adrian Fields F 6-5 197 Fr/HS Opelousas, LA (Opelousas HS) 22 Stephan Martin G 6-0 180 Sr/3L Lacassine, LA (Lacassine HS) 23 C. J. Collins G 5-10 172 Sr/3L Lake Charles, LA (Wash-Marion) 24 Mari Konate F 6-8 195 Jr/Trf Janville, France (SC Salkehatchie) 32 Preston David P 6-10 215 Sr/3L Farmers Branch, TX (R. L. Turner) 35 Tyson Queen F 6-5 220 Jr/Trf Baytown, TX (Temple) 43 P. J. Alawoya F 6-7 215 Sr/3L Houston, TX (Alief Hastings HS) 54 Daniel Richard P 6-9 190 Jr/2L Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. PLAYER POST. HGT WGT CL/EX HOMETOWN 43 P. J. Alawoya F 6-7 215 Sr/3L Houston, TX (Alief Hastings HS) 5 Dontae Cannon G 6-1 168 So/1L Alexandria, LA (ASH) 23 C. J. Collins G 5-10 172 Sr/3L Lake Charles, LA (Wash-Marion) 32 Preston David P 6-10 215 Sr/3L Farmers Branch, TX (R. L. Turner) 20 Adrian Fields F 6-5 197 Fr/HS Opelousas, LA (Opelousas HS) 0 Diego Kapelan G 6-3 195 Sr/3L Vancouver, BC (King George) 24 Mari Konate F 6-8 195 Jr/Trf Janville, France (SC Salkehatchie) 22 Stephan Martin G 6-0 180 Sr/3L Lacassine, LA (Lacassine HS) 35 Tyson Queen F 6-5 220 Jr/Trf Baytown, TX (Temple) 10 Brandon Regis G/F 6-3 196 So/1L Addison, TX (W. T. White) 54 Daniel Richard P 6-9 190 Jr/2L Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) 3 Patrick Richard F/G 6-4 208 Jr/2L Carencro, LA (Carencro HS) SENIORS: Diego Kapelan, Stephan Martin, C. J. Collins, Preston David, P. J. Alawoya JUNIORS: Patrick Richard, Mari Konate, Tyson Queen, Daniel Richard SOPHOMORES: Dontae Cannon, Brandon Regis FRESHMAN: Adrian Fields Pronunciation Guide Pronunciation Guide P. J. Alawoya al-lah-waa-yuh Carencro care-n-crow Dontae Cannon don-tay Opelousas op-uh-loose-sus Preston David david Lacassine lack-uh-seen Diego Kapelan dee-a-go caplan Mari Konate my-ree coo-nah-tay Stephan Martin stef-fan Brandon Regis ree-jes Daniel, Patrick Richard ree-chard Player Information Starters Post. Hgt. Wgt. Cl-Ex PPG RPG Notes 0 Diego Kapelan G 6-3 195 Sr-3L 14.9 2.4 named to SLC all-tournament team; all-SLC 43 P. J. Alawoya F 6-7 215 Sr-3L 10.2 10.3 14 double doubles this year; only SLC player to average double figures in scoring and rebounds this year; all-SLC 23 C. J. Collins PG 5-10 172 Sr-3L 9.4 2.7 led team in assists 3 Patrick Richard F 6-4 208 Jr-2L 16.1 6.4 1st in scoring; 2nd in rebounding and assists; all-SLC; all- tournament; all-district 32 Preston David P 6-10 215 Sr-3L 3.5 3.3 43 blocked shots 54 Daniel Richard P 6-9 190 Jr-2L 3.7 2.5 15 points career high 22 Stephan Martin G 6-0 180 Sr-3L 10.4 1.8 mainly came off the bench (Lettermen) 5 Dontae Cannon G 6-1 168 So-1L 3.8 1.1 hit game winning field goal vs Nicholls (1st meeting) 10 Brandon Regis G/F 6-3 196 So-1L 1.4 0.4 can play three different positions Newcomers 20 Adrian Fields F 6-5 197 Fr-HS 0.7 0.6 five points, four rebounds vs Louisiana College 24 Mari Konate F 6-8 195 Jr-Trf 1.4 1.3 .917 FT Pct (has made 11 of 12) 35 Tyson Queen F 6-5 220 Jr-Trf 0.4 0.6 knocked down two FTs to cement win over ULL Cowboys’ Possible Lineups Point Guard Second Guard Small Forward Power Forward Post 23 - C. J. Collins 0 - Diego Kapelan 3 - Patrick Richard 43 - P. J. Alawoya 33 - Preston David (5-10, 172, 3L) (6-3, 195, Sr, 3L) (6-4, 208, Jr, 2L) (6-7, 215, Sr, 3L) (6-10, 215, Sr, 3L) 5 - Dontae Cannon 22 - Stephan Martin 10 - Brandon Regis 20 - Adrian Fields 54 - Daniel Richard (6-1, 168, So, 1L) (6-0, 180, Sr, 3L) (6-3, 196, So, 1L) (6-5, 197, Fr, HS) (6-9, 190, Jr, 2L) 22 - Stephan Martin 20 - Adrian Fields 24 - Mari Konate (6-0, 180, Sr, 3L) (6-5, 197, Fr, HS) (6-8, 195, Jr, Trf) 35 - Tyson Queen (6-5, 220, Jr, Trf) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame McNeese State has had four former athletes and coaches inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame and three of them are from basketball, players Joe Dumars and Bill Reigel and coach Ralph O.