University of New Orleans Men’s Basketball 2016-17 Privateer Game Notes November 29, 2016 • New Orleans, Louisiana • Lakefront Arena (8,933) 2016-17 SCHEDULE NEW ORLEANS PRIVATEERS NOVEMBER Record: 2-3 (0-0 Southland Conference) 11 LaGRANGE COLLEGE ......... W, 103-67 Last Game: W, 90-63 vs Florida College (11/25/16) 16 at Oklahoma State ...................L, 72-117 19 at Tulsa ..................................... L, 68-77 Head Coach: Mark Slessinger (Aurora, 1996) 22 at Southern California ............... L, 54-88 Slessinger’s Record at UNO: 59-89 (6th Season) 25 FLORIDA COLLEGE ...............W, 90-63 Slessinger’s Career Record: 84-112 (8th Season) 29 TULANE ................................... 7:00 pm DECEMBER 3 at Washington State ..................5:00 pm 11 at Northwestern......................... 6:00 pm TULANE GREEN WAVE 17 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE ........ 6:00 pm Record: 1-5 (0-0 America Athletic Conference) 19 at Utah State ............................. 8:00 pm Last Game: L, 82-68 at Georgia Tech (11/26/16) 21 WILLIAMS BAPTIST ................7:00 pm Head Coach: Mike Dunleavy, Sr. (South Carolina, 1976) 29 ABILENE CHRISTIAN* ............ 7:45 pm 31 TEXAS A&M-CC* ..................... 6:15 pm Todd’s Record at Florida College: 1-5 (1st Season) JANUARY Todd’s Career Record: 1-5 (1st Season) 5 at Lamar* .................................. 8:00 pm 7 at Incarnate Word* .................... 3:00 pm THE MATCHUP AT A GLANCE 12 SAM HOUSTON STATE* ......... 7:45 pm New Orleans Statistic Tulane 19 HOUSTON BAPTIST* .............. 7:00 pm 77.4 ____________________________ Scoring Off ense ___________________________ 73.2 21 at Central Arkansas* ................. 4:00 pm 82.4 ____________________________ Scoring Defense ___________________________ 81.5 26 McNEESE STATE* ................... 7:00 pm -5.0 ____________________________ Scoring Margin _____________________________ -8.3 .452 (140-310) _________________ Field Goal Percentage _________________ .397 (148-373) 28 at Stephen F. Austin*................. 6:00 pm .466 (146-313) ______________Field Goal Percentage Defense _____________ .474 (165-348) FEBRUARY .341 (28-82) ________________ 3-Point Field Goal Percentage _______________ .390 (55-141) 1 at Abilene Christian*.................. 7:00 pm .360 (41-114) ________________ 3-Point Percentage Defense _______________ .404 (44-109) 4 NICHOLLS* .............................. 6:15 pm 5.6 ___________________________ 3-Pointers Per Game __________________________ 9.2 9 at McNeese State* .................... 7:00 pm .712 (79-111) __________________ Free Throw Percentage _________________ .721 (88-122) 15.8 _________________________ Free Throws Per Game ________________________ 14.7 11 at SE Louisiana* ....................... 5:00 pm 37.2 __________________________ Rebounds Per Game _________________________ 34.3 18 CENTRAL ARKANSAS* .......... 4:00 pm -0.8 ___________________________Rebounding Margin __________________________ _-5.8 23 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN* ............. 7:45 pm 17.2 ___________________________ Assists Per Game __________________________ 13.5 25 at Northwestern State* ..............3:00 pm 18.0 __________________________ Turnovers Per Game _________________________ 14.3 MARCH 0.9 __________________________Assist-To-Turnover Ratio _________________________ 0.9 2 SE LOUISIANA* ....................... 7:45 pm -0.8 ____________________________ Turnover Margin ___________________________ +0.3 8.8 _____________________________Steals Per Game ____________________________ 5.7 4 at Nicholls* ................................ 3:00 pm 3.6 ____________________________ Blocks Per Game ____________________________ 4.8 8-11 at Southalnd Champoinship .............TBA (Katy, Texas) Privateer Projections NCAA Postseason Starters March 14-15 • First Four (Dayton, Ohio) # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. P/G R/G A/G 2016-17 Notes March 16-19 • 1st & 2nd Rounds (TBA) G 1 Tevin Broyles 6-4 210 Sr. 8.6 3.4 2.8 Scored 10-plus in last 2 games March 23-26 • Regional Semis/Finals (TBA) G 5 Christavious Gill 5-8 165 Sr. 13.8 3.4 4.0 Sits 1st in assts (20) & 3s (12) April 1 & 3 • Final Four (Phoenix, Ariz.) G 13 Jorge Rosa 6-3 205 Jr. 8.0 2.6 0.2 2nd on team with 8 3-pointers F 14 Erik Thomas 6-5 215 Sr. 22.4 7.0 2.4 Leader in pts (112), reb (35), stls (8) *denotes Southland Conference game F 25 Travin Thibodeaux 6-9 242 Jr. 6.6 5.4 3.4 Coming off triple-double eff ort BOLD CAPS denotes home game all times central and subject to change Off The Bench # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. P/G R/G A/G 2016-17 Notes COVERING THE PRIVATEERS G 0 Venjie Wallis 6-4 185 RFr. 3.3 0.7 0.3 Played in 3 games so far G 2 Coleman Edwards 6-1 175 So. 1.6 1.0 0.8 Hit 3-of-8 FGs/2-of-6 treys Media Relations Contact ........... Richie Weaver G 3 Nate Frye 6-0 215 Sr. --- --- --- Has not yet played this sesaon G 4 Bryson Robinson 6-4 202 Fr. 0.0 0.6 0.8 Still looking for 1st points Offi ce .................................(504) 280-6284 F 10 A.J. Cheeseman 6-6 230 Fr. 1.8 0.8 0.4 Averaging 7.0 minutes/game Cell ....................................(504) 352-5802 G/F 11 Michael Zeno 6-6 230 Jr. 4.4 4.0 0.4 Athletic swing man off bench E-Mail [email protected] F 12 Gavin Sabo 6-6 230 Fr. --- --- --- Has not yet played this sesaon Website .....................www.UNOPrivateers.com G 15 Cameron Reed 6-4 190 So. 1.7 1.0 1.0 Injured shoulder at Tulsa Facebook .../University-of-New-Orleans-Basketball F 22 Makur Puou 6-9 228 Jr. 5.0 4.2 0.4 Leads UNO with 8 blocks Twitter ..................................@Privateers_MBB G 23 Danny Cohen 6-2 190 So. 2.8 1.3 0.0 Shooting .571 from the fi eld Instagram...............................@UNOPrivateers G 24 Corey Vinson 6-1 176 RFr. --- --- --- Has not yet played this sesaon Press Row Phone .......................................TBA G 32 Matthew Jiles 5-10 165 Jr. 0.0 0.8 1.0 Averaging 7.8 minutes/game Team Notes New Orleans Head Coach About The Privateers The Privateers enter the game 2-3 on the young season and looking to build on the momentum Mark Slessinger of a 90-63 home win over Florida College on Friday night. The victory over the Falcons snapped a three-game losing skid with each of those games coming on the road. The 2016-17 season will As a team, New Orleans is averaging 77.4 points, 37.2 rebounds, 17.2 assists, 8.8 steals and 3.6 be the sixth at the helm of blocks per game. Senior forward Erik Thomas leads the Privateers off ensively with 22.4 points per the New Orleans Priva- game, followed by senior guards Christavious Gill with an average of 13.8 and Tevin Broyles with a teers men’s basketball pro- mark of 8.6. Thomas also paces the team with 7.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. Junior forward gram for Mark Slessinger. Makur Puou headlines the defense with 1.6 blocked shots per outing and Gill leads the Privateers “Sless” as he is aff ection- with 4.0 assists per contest. ately known around cam- New Orleans is connecting at a .452 clip from the fi eld, hitting 140-of-310 shots from the fl oor and pus, became the 12th head 28-of-82 tries from beyond the 3-point arc (.341), while allowing opponents to shoot .466 overall coach in Privateers history on June 28 2011. (146-of-313) and .360 from 3-point land (41-of-114). Privateer foes are averaging 82.4 points, 38.0 Assuming duties when UNO was transi- rebounds, 14.8 assists, 9.4 steals and 4.0 blocks so far in 2016-17. tioning back to Division I status, Slessinger has led the Privateers to a combined 59 About The Green Wave wins, including a 10-20 mark last season. Tulane makes the short trip across town 1-5 on the season and looking to halt a four-game slide During Slessinger’s fi rst season, a school- after falling to Oklahoma (89-70 on Nov. 17), Arizona State (80-71 on Nov. 18) and Missouri (67-62 record 13 players topped double-fi gures at on Nov. 20) during the Tire Pros Invitational in Buena Vista, Fla., before dropping an 82-68 road least once in 2011-12, as the team posted a game at Georgia Tech on Saturday night in Atlanta. solid 17-15 mark with 13 of those coming in As a team, the Green Wave are averaging 73.2 points, 34.3 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 5.7 steals Lakefront Arena.Since joining the Southland and 4.8 blocks per game. Cameron Reynolds leads a balanced Tulane off ense with 18.0 points per Conference prior to the 2013-14 campaign, game while Kain Harris, Malik Morgan and Melvin Frazier follow with respective scoring averages two Privateers have claimed all-league hon- of 11.8, 9.3 and 8.8. Ryan Smith paces the team with 6.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game with ors on three occasions as forward Cory Dix- Morgan leading the way with 3.7 assists per night and Frazier headlining the defense with 1.5 steals on was third-team All-SLC in 2013-14 while per outing. guard Christavious Gill garnered honorable- Tulane is hitting 39.7 percent of its shots from the fi eld, connecting on 148-of-373 fi eld goal at- tempts, including a 55-of-141 showing from beyond the 3-point line (.390). The Green Wave defense mention recognition in 2014-15 and third- has allowed opponents to post a 47.4 shooting percentage (165-of-348) and a 40.4 clip from 3-point team distinction in 2015-16. land (44-of-109) and their foes are averaging 81.5 points, 40.2 rebounds, 16.3 assists, 7.3 steals Off the court, the Privateers remain vis- and 2.2 blocks per game.