GAME NOTES: at Texas Tech
11/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 18, 2010
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas -
VITALS
Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech
Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 • 7:00 p.m. (CST)
United Spirit Arena (15,000) • Lubbock, Texas
Radio: None • TV: None • Online: Texas Tech All-Access
Lumberjacks
Record: 2-0
Last 5/Streak: 4-1/W-2
Coach: Danny Kaspar
Career: 402-165
At SFA: 183-113
SID: Brian Ross
E-mail: rossbrian@sfasu.edu
Web: sfajacks.com
Red Raiders
Record: 1-1
Last 5/Streak: 3-2/L-1
Coach: Pat Knight
Career: 38-43
At TTU: 38-43
SID: Randy Farley
E-mail: randy.farley@ttu.edu
Web: texastech.com
GAME INFORMATION
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack basketball team will play its first of two straight road games Friday when the Lumberjacks head to Lubbock to take on Texas Tech. SFA brings a perfect 2-0 record to the contest after a pair of home wins to open the year. Texas Tech is 1-1 and coming off an overtime loss at North Texas. In 10 seasons under head coach Danny Kaspar, the Lumberjacks are 2-7 against teams from the Big XII with road wins against Baylor and Oklahoma.
LAST GAME: SFA used a late first-half run to take command then pulled away with a strong second half for an 80-54 win over Longwood on Monday. The Lumberjacks forced Longwood into 24 turnovers and outscored the Lancers, 29-14, in points off turnovers. Junior center Jereal Scott led the 'Jacks in scoring for the second straight game, putting up 15 points. Freshman point guard Darius Gardner came off the bench for 13 points in 13 minutes, and sophomore shooting guard Antonio Bostic added 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Senior forward Jordan Glynn and junior center Brandon Cutler led all players with seven rebounds each, and senior point guard Denzel Barnes tied a career-high with seven assists.
THE RED RAIDERS: Texas Tech is 1-1 coming into Friday's game. The Red Raiders opened the season with an 86-76 home win over Louisiana-Monroe. Texas Tech fell, 92-83, in overtime at North Texas on Tuesday. Texas Tech averages 84.5 points per game, despite shooting just 57 percent at the foul line. Four Red Raiders average double figures, led by Brad Reese's 17.5 points per game. Reese is also second on the team with seven rebounds per game. Jaye Crockett's eight rebounds per contest lead the squad.
vs. TEXAS TECH: SFA is 5-6, all-time, against Texas Tech. The Red Raiders have won the last five meetings. The last Lumberjack win in the series was a 75-74 verdict on the road in 1998-99.
COVERAGE: A live stream of Friday's game is available online through Texas Tech All-Access at TexasTech.com.
UP NEXT: SFA will stay on the road for a game against Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 23. It is the first contest of an in-season home-and-home against the Warhawks.
NEWS AND NOTES
AGAINST THE BIG XII: SFA is 2-7 against teams from the Big XII in 10 years under head coach Danny Kaspar. The Lumberjacks knocked off Baylor, 79-57, in Waco during the 2003-04 season and defeated Oklahoma, 66-62, on the road in 2007-08. With games against Texas Tech and Texas A&M in 2010-11, this season will mark the third time in the last four years for SFA to play two Big XII opponents.
HOME NON-CONFERENCE: With a 2-0 start at home this season, SFA has now won 22 of its last 23 home, non-conference games, dating to the 2006-07 season. The only loss during that stretch is a two-point defeat against Texas Tech last season. The Lumberjacks are 52-4, overall, in home, non-conference games in 10-plus seasons under head coach Danny Kaspar.
PERFECT AT THE LINE: Freshman point guard Darius Gardner went 10-for-10 at the foul line in SFA's win over Longwood. That's the first time since the 2004-05 season a Lumberjack has hit at least 10 free throws in a single game without missing. Marcus Clark last accomplished that feat by going 11-for-11 at Sam Houston State in the 2004-05 season. That performance came right after a 15-for-15 showing by Clark at Louisiana-Monroe. In 10-plus seasons under head coach Danny Kaspar, SFA players have gone perfect in at least 10 attempts at the stripe only five times. Clark had three such games and Stevin Ozier did it once.
HIGH-SCORING: The 114 points SFA scored against Howard Payne marks the highest offensive output by a Lumberjack team in Danny Kaspar's 10-plus seasons as head coach. It's just the eighth time in Kaspar's tenure for the 'Jacks to break into triple-digits. The last time an SFA team scored more than 114 points was in the 1996-97 home opener when Derek Allister's squad beat Schreiner College, 138-69. Only that total and the 126 points SFA put up against Texas Wesleyan in the 1994-95 campaign top the Lumberjacks' output against Howard Payne in SFA's history at the Division I level.
MARGINAL: The 65-point margin of victory in SFA's 114-49 win over Howard Payne is the widest margin of Danny Kaspar's tenure and the biggest point spread for the 'Jacks since a 138-69 win over Schreiner College in 1994-95.
CENTER OF THE SCORING: Junior center Jereal Scott put up a career-high 27 points in the season opener against Howard Payne. That's the most points scored by a Lumberjack since Matt Kingsley -- Scott's predecessor at the five spot -- scored 29 in a win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi during the 2007-08 season.
PARTY OF FIVE: Five Lumberjacks -- Jereal Scott, Jordan Glynn, Eddie Williams, Amos Olatayo and Zac Downing -- reached double figures in scoring in SFA's win over Howard Payne. That feat has been achieved 16 times in Danny Kaspar's tenure as head coach. The 'Jacks put five in double figures only three times last season.
DOUBLING UP: Both Jordan Glynn and Jereal Scott had double-doubles against Howard Payne (Glynn 15p, 14r; Scott 27p, 10r). Two players recorded double-doubles in the same contest on three occasions last season. Glynn and Scott shared two double-double games, while Eddie Williams and Glynn shared one.
FRESH PERSPECTIVE: Freshman Amos Olatayo came off the bench for 10 points in SFA's win over Howard Payne. That marks the first time since the 2005-06 season for a Lumberjack freshman to reach double figures in the season opener. Josh Alexander was the last SFA rookie to achieve the feat, scoring 10 points in a road win over Tulsa.
BELOW FIFTY: SFA held Howard Payne to 49 points in the season opener. That marks the 43rd time in 10-plus seasons under Danny Kaspar for the Lumberjacks to hold an opponent to 50 points or fewer.
SEASON OPENERS: SFA is now 7-4 in season-opening games under head coach Danny Kaspar. The Lumberjacks have compiled a 12-13 record in season openers as a Division I program (since 1986-87 season). Under Kaspar, the Lumberjacks are 6-0 when opening the season at home and 11-6 in home season openers overall as a Division I program. SFA is 1-4 under Kaspar when opening on the road and is just 1-7, in all, as a Division I program when playing the season opener on the road. The Lumberjacks' only season-opening road win in the last 23 seasons was an 82-72 verdict at Tulsa to start the 2005-06 campaign.
HOME OPENER: SFA knocked off Howard Payne, 114-49, in the 2010-11 home opener. Head coach Danny Kaspar's teams are a perfect 11-0 in home openers at SFA. The last time an SFA team failed to win its home opener was a 67-55 loss to Texas A&M in 1998.
SAFE AT HOME: In nine-plus seasons under head coach Danny Kaspar, the Lumberjacks have compiled a 116-29 (.800) record in the William R. Johnson Coliseum. SFA is 312-120 (.722) all-time in the Coliseum. SFA finished with a 13-2 record in home games last season, marking the fifth straight campaign and the seventh time in eight years for the Lumberjacks to post double-digit wins at home.
EXPERIENCE: SFA has five returning players -- including four starters -- from last season. But with three of the five being junior college transfers in their second year with the Lumberjacks, SFA has only eight years of Division I basketball experience on the 2010-11 roster. That figure is tied for the 10th-fewest years of D-I experience in the nation. Eastern Washington has the fewest combined years of collegiate experience in the nation at four.
FRESH FACES: SFA has eight newcomers -- including transfer Mark Walton, who is redshirting -- on the roster for the 2010-11 season. That figure is tied for the fifth-highest number of first-year players during Danny Kaspar's tenure as head coach.
TOP GUNS: SFA's leading scorers last season were Eddie Williams (13.3 ppg) and Jereal Scott (12.8 ppg). When both players broke double figures in scoring, the Lumberjacks went 15-4. SFA's only losses when both Williams and Scott scored more than 10 points came against Texas Tech, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana and UTSA.
STEADY EDDIE: A back injury forced guard Eddie Williams to miss SFA's game against Texas College last season. That marked the first time in his career for Williams to miss action. He had played in all 76 games -- including 32 in each of his first two seasons -- coming into the contest against the Steers. He has now played in 97 total games with 56 starting appearances as a Lumberjack.
SITTIN' ON 20: With its victory against A&M-Corpus last year, SFA broke the 20-win barrier for the third consecutive season and the fifth time in Danny Kaspar's 10 years as head coach. Prior to Kaspar's tenure, the only 20-win season in the program's history at the Division I level was the 22-8 record put up by the 'Jacks in the 1986-87 campaign, the program's first as a D-I team.
FAST START: SFA entered Southland Conference play with double figures in the win column last season for just the second time in the program's Division I tenure. The Lumberjacks' only other 10-win pre-conference slate came in 2007-08, when they went 12-2 before opening league play.
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