--/--LUMBERJACKS | 15-11, 10-4 SOUTHLAND • at • --/--PRIVATEERS | 16-9, 11-3 SOUTHLAND • GAME TWENTY-SEVEN | THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 2017 | 7:45 p.m. | LAKEFRONT ARENA (8,785) | NEW ORLEANS, La. 2016-17STEPHEN F. AUSTIN MEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 2009 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 « SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 2008 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 2016-17 | SCHEDULE • RESULTS • RECORD --/--STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | 15-11, 10-4 SOUTHLAND HEAD COACH | Kyle Keller (Oklahoma State, ‘90) GAMEDAY FACTS OVERALL RECORD: 15-11 SITUATIONAL RECORD CAREER RECORD/YEAR | 15-11 (.577)/First DATE | Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 SFA RECORD | Same SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 10-4 GAMES DECIDED BY <5 4-1 TIME | 7:45 p.m. 2015-16 SFA RECORD | 28-6 • 18-0 Southland NON-CONFERENCE 5-7 GAMES DECIDED BY 5-10 7-5 363 PLACE | New Orleans, Louisiana STREAK/LAST 5 GAMES/LAST 10 GAMES | W4/4-1/8-2 | Miles from SFA to UNO | VENUE | Lakefront Arena (8,785) HOME 11-1 GAMES DECIDED BY 11-20 0-3 TOP SCORER | TJ Holyfield | 11.8 ppg AWAY 3-8 GAME DECIDED BY 20+ 4-2 TOP REBOUNDER | TJ Holyfield | 6.5 rpg VIDEO | UNOPrivateers.com at RPI | ESPN BPI | KenPom | 212 | 256 | 227 PLAY-BY-PLAY | n/a NEUTRAL 1-2 OVERTIME GAMES 1-0 ANALYSIS | n/a --/-- NEW ORLEANS | 16-9 , 11-3 SOUTHLAND ON-COURT | n/a NOVEMBER (2-2) HEAD COACH | Mark Slessinger (Aurora, ‘96) RADIO | Q107.7 FM + TuneIn app Fri. | 4 Huston-Tillotson (exh.) Nacogdoches, Texas W, 93-72 CAREER RECORD/YEAR (NCAA ONLY) | 109-121 (.474)/Eighth PLAY-BY-PLAY | Rob Meyers Fri. | 11 at No. 2/4 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. L, 87-64 NEW ORLEANS RECORD | 73-95 (.435)/Sixth ANALYSIS | Tyler DePascal 2015-16 RECORD | 10-20, 6-12 Southland LIVE STATS | SFAJacks.com Sat. | 15 Longwood Nacogdoches, Texas W, 66-60 STREAK/LAST 5 GAMES/LAST 10 GAMES | W4/4-1/7-3 PDF GAME NOTES | SFAJacks.com TOP SCORER | Erik Thomas | 20.0 ppg Fri. | 18 Northeastern State Nacogdoches, Texas W, 75-70 SFA STATS + BIOS | SFAJacks.com TOP REBOUNDER | Erik Thomas | 8.0 rpg Mon. | 28 at Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. L, 77-72 TWITTER UPDATES | @SFA_MBB RPI | ESPN BPI | KenPom | 159 | 222 | 179 DECEMBER (4-5, 1-0 SOUTHLAND) Thu. | 1 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. L, 78-62 SERIES SPOTLIGHT FAST BREAK POINTS • In a battle between the top two teams in the Southland Conference, second-place Stephen F. Austin embarks on a Sat. | 3 Centenary College Nacogdoches, Texas W, 90-59 All-Time vs. New Orleans 4-0 Current Streak SFA won 4 journey to the Big Easy for a Thursday night showdown with league-leading New Orleans inside Lakefront Arena. Tip-off Wed. | 7 UAB Nacogdoches, Texas L, 84-73 In Nacogdoches, Texas 2-0 time has been slated for 7:45 p.m. on the Privateers’ home floor. Sat. | 10 at Rice Houston, Texas L, 70-63 In William R. Johnson Coliseum 2-0 • Over the radio waves, fans came tune their FM dials to Q107.7 in the Nacogdoches area or head to q1077.com or the TuneIn app on Apple and Android devices to hear Rob Meyers and Tyler DePascal broadcast the second regular season Sun. | 18 LSU-Shreveport Nacogdoches, Texas W, 93-73 In Huntsville, Texas 2-0 At Lakefront Arena 2-0 meeting between the ‘Jacks and Privateers in 2016-17. HAWAIIAN AIRLINES DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC SFA Points (Avg.) 335 (83.8) • Once the final horn sounds, one of two things will be true: either the Privateers will hold a two-game lead over the ‘Jacks UNO Points (Avg.) 236 (59.0) for the top spot in the league standings or SFA and UNO will be tied atop the Southland Conference. If the latter scenario Thu. | 22 vs. Tulsa# Honolulu, Hawaii L, 74-51 comes to pass, SFA would hold the tiebreaker for postseason seeding purposes as it would hold a 2-0 head-to-head record Fri. | 23 vs. Southern Miss# Honolulu, Hawaii W, 67-64 SFA all-time on this date 11-5 Keller vs. UNO 1-0 over the Privateers. Sun. | 25 vs. Utah# Honolulu, Hawaii L, 74-66 At WRJ Coliseum 1-0 • All four of the previous meetings between the ‘Jacks and Privateers - all SFA triumphs - have been decided by 10 or more points. SFA’s margin of victory in the all-time series stands at 24.8 points. Sat. | 31 Houston Baptist* Nacogdoches, Texas W, 61-51 At Lakefront Arena 0-0 Keller vs. Slessinger 1-0 • Looking to win three road games in a row for the first time this season, the ‘Jacks enter Lakefront Arena where UNO has JANUARY (5-3, 5-3 SOUTHLAND) Slessinger vs. SFA 0-4 lost just twice by a combined seven points in 2016-17. The last time SFA played in that facility they bested UNO by 24 Mon. | 2 at McNeese* Lake Charles, La. L, 69-54 points. It was the Privateers worst home loss since a 103-63 setback to SFA on Feb. 27, 2014, which ranks as the Privateers’ worst defeat in program history. Sat. | 7 at Abilene Christian* Abilene, Texas L, 69-60 Wed. | 11 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* Nacogdoches, Texas W, 79-46 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | PROJECTED STARTERS | NEW ORLEANS Sat. | 14 Nicholls* Nacogdoches, Texas W, 80-60 3 | LEONGILMORE III | FORWARD 1 | TEVINBROYLES | GUARD Thu. | 19 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* Corpus Christi, Texas W, 61-58 Jr. • 6-7 • 215 • Houston, Texas/Trinity Valley CC Sr. • 6-4 • 210 • Gautier, Miss./Gautier HS Sat. | 21 at Incarnate Word* San Antonio, Texas L, 70-68 POINTS | 9.7/game POINTS | 7.6/game Wed. | 25 Central Arkansas* Nacogdoches, Texas W, 78-76 REBOUNDS | 5.8/game REBOUNDS | 3.0/game ASSISTS | 1.5/game ASSISTS | 2.8/game Sat. | 28 New Orleans* Nacogdoches, Texas W, 71-61 FIELD GOAL % | .456 (93-204) FIELD GOAL % | .427 (64-150) FEBRUARY (4-1, 4-1 SOUTHLAND) Thu. | 2 at Sam Houston State* Huntsville, Texas L, 72-63 4 | TYCHARLES | GUARD 5 | CHRISTAVIOUSGILL | GUARD Sat. | 4 at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. W, 75-73 (OT) Jr. • 6-5 • 207 • Kennedale, Texas/Kennedale HS Sr. • 5-8 • 165 • Alexandria, La./Alexandria HS POINTS | 9.3/game POINTS | 11.7/game Thu. | 9 Incarnate Word* Nacogdoches, Texas W, 87-79 REBOUNDS | 5.9/game REBOUNDS | 2.3/game Thu. | 16 Lamar* Nacogdoches, Texas W, 70-61 STEALS | 1.4/game ASSISTS | 3.0/game Sat. | 18 at Southeastern Louisiana* Hammond, La. W, 60-52 FIELD GOAL % | .420 (58-138) STEALS | 1.4/game Thu. | 23 at New Orleans* New Orleans, La. 7:45 p.m. 11 | IVANCANETE | GUARD 14 | ERIKTHOMAS | FORWARD Sat. | 25 at Central Arkansas* Conway, Ark. 6:30 p.m. | ESPN3 Jr. • 6-4 • 185 • Lake Worth, Fla./Palm Beach State College Sr. • 6-5 • 215 • Wesley Chapel. Fla./Baton Rouge CC MARCH POINTS | 11.5/game POINTS | 20.0/game Thu. | 2 Northwestern State* Nacogdoches, Texas 8:00 p.m. | ESPN3 REBOUNDS | 2.9/game REBOUNDS | 8.0/game FIELD GOAL % | .483 (97-201) FREE THROW % | .764 (133-174) Sat. | 4 Sam Houston State* Nacogdoches, Texas 6:00 p.m. | ESPN3 THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL % | .427 (41-96) FIELD GOAL % | .607 (182-300) Wed. | 8 Southland Conf. Tournament Katy, Texas TBA | ESPN3 Thu. | 9 Southland Conf. Tournament Katy, Texas TBA | ESPN3 12 | DALLASCAMERON | GUARD 22 | MAKURPUOU | FORWARD Fri. | 10 Southland Conf. Tournament Katy, Texas TBA | ESPN3 Sr. • 6-3 • 185 • Pompano Beach, Fla./Blanche Ely HS Jr. • 6-9 • 228 • Rumbek, South Sudan/Vincennes Univ. POINTS | 8.7/game POINTS | 5.5/game Sat. | 11 Southland Conf. Tournament Katy, Texas TBA | ESPN2 REBOUNDS | 1.7/game REBOUNDS | 4.5/game All times CENTRAL and subject to change ASSISTS | 2.8/game BLOCKS | 1.4/game Home matches in BOLD FIELD GOAL % | .385 (67-174) FIELD GOAL % | .517 (64-118) # Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic game 22 | TJHOLYFIELD | FORWARD 25 | TRAVINTHIBODEAUX | FORWARD * Southland Conference game Sophomore • 6-8 • 225 • Albuquerque, N.M. • Elev8 Sports Institute Jr. • 6-9 • 242 • Plaquemine, La./Brusly HS POINTS | 11.8/game POINTS | 8.6/game REBOUNDS | 6.5/game REBOUNDS | 7.3/game BLOCKS | 1.4/game ASSISTS | 3.6/game STAY SOCIAL WE ARE FIELD GOAL % | .556 (110-198) FIELD GOAL % | .494 (82-166) Twitter & Instagram • Stephen F. Austin CATEGORY SFA UNO CATEGORY SFA UNO • SFA GAMES PLAYED 26 25 TURNOVERS 465 434 @SFA_MBB • Lumberjacks (M) SCORING 1,809 1,826 TURNOVERS PER GAME 17.9 17.4 •Ladyjacks (W) POINTS PER GAME 69.6 73.0 TURNOVER MARGIN -0.7 -0.9 Facebook SCORING MARGIN +1.6 +3.2 ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO 0.7 0.9 WE ARE NOT FIELD GOALS-ATT. 616-1,380 651-1,388 STEALS 188 199 SFA Lumberjacks • SF Austin FIELD GOAL % .446 .469 STEALS PER GAME 7.2 8.0 • Steph. F. Austin 3-POINT FIELD GOALS-ATT. 157-482 117-343 BLOCKED SHOTS 87 80 Men’s Basketball • Stephen Austin 3-POINT FIELD GOAL % .326 .341 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GAME 3.3 3.2 Stephen F. Austin Athletics 3-POINT FIELD GOALS/GAME 6.0 4.7 WE ARE ONE FREE THROWS-ATT. 420-587 407-566 HEAD | TO | HEAD SFAJacks.com #AxeEm FREE THROW % .716 .719 FREE THROWS/GAME 16.2 16.3 REBOUNDS 891 904 REBOUNDS PER GAME 34.3 36.2 REBOUNDING MARGIN +3.8 +4.2 ASSISTS 314 406 ASSISTS PER GAME 12.1 16.2 --/--LUMBERJACKS | 15-11, 10-4 SOUTHLAND • at • --/--PRIVATEERS | 16-9, 11-3 SOUTHLAND • GAME TWENTY-SEVEN | THURSDAY, FEB.