WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 GAME NOTES #NOLASTEAM 4-10 0-4 - / - 4-11 3-1 - / - OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (AP / COACHES) OVERALL SOUTHLAND RANKING (AP / COACHES) - v. - MARK SLESSINGER 116-139 BEARS ANTHONY BOONE 3-3 PRIVATEERS HEAD COACH RECORD AT NEW ORLEANS, 9TH SEASON INTERIM HEAD COACH RECORD AT UCA, 1ST SEASON AS INTERIM NEW ORLEANS v. CENTRAL ARKANSAS HOW TO TUNE IN SERIES AT A GLANCE 2019-20 SCHEDULE (H: 4-3; A: 0-7 N: 0-0) GAME Lakefront Arena (8,785) Listen: Tune In App & NASH Icon 106.1 FM OVERALL / STK 5-4 / L2 (4-10 Overall, 0-4 Southland Conference) January 8, 2020 • 7 p.m. Broadcast: Jude Young & Cory Dixon in New Orleans 3-1 #15 WATCH: https://unoprivateers.com/watch/ Stats: bit.ly/2JRdUSN in Conway 2-3 Date Opponent Time/Result TV Play-by-Play: n/a Neutral 0-0 NOVEMBER (3-4) TIP-OFF TV Analyst: n/a Last Meeting Jan. 23, 2019 (L, 76-71) 5 SPRING HILL W, 114-58 TALE OF THE TAPE 9 at Butler L, 79-53 • New Orleans concludes its homestand versus Central Arkansas 12 at SMU L, 77-64 Wednesday at 7 p.m. 17 at #RV/RV Mississippi State L, 82-59 • The Privateers are searching for their first Southland Conference win 24 at Hawaii L, 79-71 since March 2, 2019 (at Nicholls). 29 EUREKA W, 125-60 • New Orleans is 3-1 when hosting the Bears. 30 #16 XAVIER (LA.) W, 79-62 • Bryson Robinson and Troy Green lead the league in free throw shooting DECEMBER (1-4, 0-2 Southland) and are among the nation’s leaders in the statistic. Robinson is first (96.5) 75.9 POINTS/GAME 73.6 3 at #RV/RV LSU L, 90-54 14 WILLIAMS BAPTIST W, 103-59 and Green rounds out the top five (94.1). 45.8 40.4 18 ABILENE CHRISTIAN * L, 77-71 • Robinson has reached double figures in all 14 games this season and FG% 21 at Sam Houston State * L, 87-79 became the first student-athlete since Erik Thomas (November 11, 2016) 28 at #9/10 Memphis L, 57-99 to score 30 points at Lakefront Arena. B-Rob posted 31 (t-career best) in 33.6 3FG% 30.9 JANUARY (0-2, 0-2 Southland) Saturday’s contest v. SFA 2 LAMAR * L, 74-67 • The Privateers are shooting 78.0 percent from the line, the best in 78.0 FT % 68.0 4 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN * L, 68-87 program history. The current mark is 76.6 percent set in 1973-74. 8 CENTRAL ARKANSAS * 7 p.m. • New Orleans drained 23 free throws Saturday. It marked the sixth time 31.7 REBOUNDS/GAME 37.8 11 at UIW * 4:15 p.m. 15 at HBU * 7 p.m. this season and the fourth time in five games UNO hit 20+ from the charity 15.0 ASSISTS/GAME 14.3 18 McNEESE * 6 p.m. stripe. 22 at A&M-Corpus Christi * 7 p.m. • The BPI, SOS and SOR breakdown can be found on page 4 of our notes. 25 NICHOLLS * 6 p.m. • 10 AWAY 2.4 BLOCKS/GAME 6.1 29 NORTHWESTERN STATE * 7 p.m. - Head coach Mark Slessinger needs 10 wins to tie Tim Floyd for sec- FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 Southland) ond most wins in New Orleans history (126). Coach Slessinger, in his ninth 8.6 STEALS/GAME 5.4 1 at Southeastern * 4 p.m. season, is the program leader in games coached and years on the sideline, 8 at Stephen F. Austin * 4:30 p.m. and has taken the Privateers to back-to-back-to-back postseasons (NCAA 76.3 SCORING DEFENSE 88.5 12 at Central Arkansas * 7 p.m. 15 UIW * 6 p.m. 2017, CBI 2018, CIT 2019). 47.7 FG% DEFENSE 46.0 22 at McNeese * 3:30 p.m. • The Bears are led by interim coach Anthony Boone. UCA is 3-3 since Boone 26 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI * 7 p.m. assumed the duties from Russ Pennell. 3FG% DEFENSE 29 at Nicholls * 3 p.m. • Hayden Koval is the conference leader in blocked shots and ranks third in 34.5 36.9 MARCH (0-0, 0-0 Southland) the nation in total blocks and blocked shots per game (3.7). 4 at Northwestern State * 6:30 p.m. -2.7 REBOUND MARGIN -4.3 7 SOUTHEASTERN * 6 p.m. 11-14 Southland Tournament (Katy, Texas) ! 1.0 ASSIST-TURNOVER RATIO 0.8 Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll * Southland Conference Game | ! Southland Conference Tournament LAST GAME’S STARTERS COMMUNICATIONS KELVIN QUELIZ Assistant AD for Communications and New Media e: [email protected] c: 917-683-6517 Troy Green Bryson Robinson Gerrale Gates Jahmel Myers Jaylen Key 3 Junior • Guard 4 Senior • Guard 10 Sophomore • Forward 11 Sophomore • Forward 15 Senior • Forward @iamkelvinq MIN 29.9 MIN 31.4 MIN 27.7 MIN 17.0 MIN 22.3 CONNECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA PPG 13.7 PPG 17.4 PPG 8.5 PPG 5.5 PPG 7.6 /PrivateersMBB FG% 47.2 FG% 40.9 FG% 39.8 FG% 57.1 FG% 49.4 @PrivateersMBB REB 4.1 REB 3.1 REB 5.8 REB 2.5 REB 4.4 @PrivateersMBB STEALS 1.4 3FG% 36.9 ASTS 2.2 STEALS 0.7 BLOCKS 0.8 NEW ORLEANS CENTRAL ARKANSAS LEADERS LEADERS Pts .......................................Robinson ..........................................244 (17.4) Pts .......................................Bergersen ........................................206 (13.7) FG Made .................................Robinson ..........................................74 FG Made .................................Kayouland ........................................70 FG% .......................................Freeman ...........................................57.9 FG% .......................................Chatham ..........................................48.5 3PT Made ...............................Robinson ..........................................41 3PT Made ...............................Baker ................................................24 3PT%.......................................Robinson ..........................................36.9 3PT%.......................................Weidenaar .......................................46.9 FT Made ..................................Robinson ..........................................55 FT Made ..................................Bergersen ........................................57 FT% .......................................Robinson ..........................................96.5 FT% .......................................Jones ................................................83.3 Reb .......................................Gates ................................................76 (5.8) Reb .......................................Koval .................................................100 (6.7) Asts .......................................Berzat ...............................................41 (2.9) Asts .......................................Bergersen ........................................41 (2.7) Blocks ....................................Key ....................................................11 (0.8) Blocks ....................................Koval .................................................55 (3.7) Steals .....................................Green ................................................20 (1.4) Steals .....................................Chatham ..........................................13 (0.9) 2019-20 @PrivateersMBB NUMERICAL ROSTER COACHING STAFF NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL NAME POS. // YR. AT UNO ALMA MATER // YR. 0 Raquan Brown G 6-3 218 Fr. HS Charlotte, N.C. / Butler HS Mark Slessinger Head Coach // 9th Aurora // 1995 1 Damion Rosser G 6-4 220 Jr. 2L McDonough, Ga. / Henry County HS Jody Bailey Assistant Coach // 5th Louisville // 1995 2 Lamont Berzat G 5-6 155 Jr. 2L New Orleans, La. / Landry-Walker HS Kris Arkenberg Assistant Coach // 9th IUPUI // 2009 3 Troy Green G 6-3 217 Jr. 2L St. Rose, La. / Believe Prep Academy Jay Smith Assistant Coach // 1st LSU Alexandria // 2017 4 Bryson Robinson G 6-4 203 Sr. 3L Mesquite, Texas / Mesquite HS J.A. Anglin Director of Ops // 1st LSU Shreveport // 2010 5 Charles Bohannon G 6-0 205 Jr. 2L Austin, Texas / Jack C. Hays HS Cory Dixon Player Development // 1st New Orleans // 2014 10 Gerrale Gates F 6-6 250 So. 1L Charlotte, N.C. / Butler HS Beaux Hebert Strength & Cond. Intern // 1st Nicholls // 2015 11 Jahmel Myers F 6-6 213 So. 1L Cape Coral, Fla. / Mariner HS John Curtis Creed Video Coordinator // 1st Centenary // 2019 12 Amari Haynes F 6-9 208 So. 1L Cape Coral, Fla. / Mariner HS 13 Kmani Doughty G 6-5 192 Fr. HS Brooklyn, N.Y. / Florida Prep PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kris Arkenburg ...........................ARK-en-berg 15 Jaylen Key F 6-8 230 Sr. TR Milwaukee, Wis. / Northern Illinois Lamont Berzat .............................BURR-ZAHT 20 Larry Robinson III G 5-11 175 Sr. 1L Bossier City, La. / Southern U of Shreveport Ahren Freeman ............................Aaron 21 Bol Riek C 7-3 212 R-So. RS Bentiu, Northern Liech, South Sudan / Mooseheart (Ill.) HS Gerrale Gates ..............................JER-RAIL 23 Ahren Freeman G 6-6 233 Fr. HS Orange Park, Fla. / Providence School of Jacksonville Amari Haynes...............................AH-MAR-EE 24 Rodney Carson Jr. G 6-3 175 Fr. HS Philadelphia, Pa. / Combine Academy Bol Riek ........................................BOWL REEK (smell) Damion Rosser ............................ROSS-ERR ROSTER BREAKDOWN Mark Slessinger .........................SLES-in-jer TOTAL PLAYERS 15 Seniors (3) B. Robinson, Key, L. Robinson III Juniors (4) Rosser, Berzat, Green, Bohannon Sophomores (4) Gates, Myers, Haynes, Riek 2019-20 MEDIA INFORMATION Freshmen (4) Brown, Doughty, Freeman, Carson Jr. Post Game Interviews (including redshirt seasons) New Orleans head coach Mark Slessinger and requested players will be available to the media after SEASONS IN THE NEW ORLEANS PROGRAM each game following a customary 10-minute cooling down period. The Privateer locker room will not 4th Year (1) B. Robinson be open to the media. Each visiting team will set its own post-game policy. 3rd Year (5) Rosser, Berzat, Green, Bohannon, Riek 2nd Year (7) Gates, Myers, Haynes, L. Robinson III Interview Requests 1st Year (4) Brown, Doughty, Key, Freeman, Carson Jr.