GAME NOTES: at ULM
11/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 22, 2010
NACOGDOCHES, Texas -
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VITALS
Stephen F. Austin at ULM
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 • 7:00 p.m. (CST)
Fant-Ewing Coliseum (7,000) • Monroe, La.
Radio: Q107.7-FM • TV: None • Online: None
Lumberjacks
Record: 2-1
Last 5/Streak: 3-2/L-1
Coach: Danny Kaspar
Career: 402-166
At SFA: 183-114
SID: Brian Ross
E-mail: rossbrian@sfasu.edu
Web: sfajacks.com
Warhawks
Record: 1-2
Last 5/Streak: 2-3/W-1
Coach: Keith Richard
Career: 151-119
At ULM: 1-2
SID: Jeremy Reid
E-mail: jreid@ulm.edu
Web: ulmathletics.com
GAME INFORMATION
FAMILIAR FOE: The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack basketball team will travel to Monroe, La., to take on ULM Tuesday night in SFA's second consecutive road game. The Lumberjacks come into the contest with a 2-1 mark, while ULM is 1-2 on the year. Of the 12 non-conference opponents on this year's slate, the Warhawks are by far the most familiar to SFA. ULM was a member of the Southland Conference through the 2005-06 campaign, and SFA has squared off with the Warhawks 14 times in Danny Kaspar's 10-year tenure as head coach.
LAST GAME: SFA led by as many as 10 points early before a strong inside game in the second half propelled Texas Tech to a 70-58 win in Lubbock last Friday night. The Lumberjacks hit the offensive boards hard and outscored Texas Tech, 13-3, in second-chance points through the first 20 minutes. But SFA was plagued by 10 first-half turnovers allowing the Red Raiders to trim the lead to one (35-34) by halftime. Tech then outscored SFA, 30-10, in the paint in the second period to pull away for the win. Jordan Glynn and Eddie Williams scored 12 points apiece to lead SFA. Glynn added nine rebounds. Six-foot, ten-inch center Robert Lewandowski was a perfect 9-for-9 from the floor to lead Texas Tech with a career-high 20 points.
THE WARHAWKS: ULM opened the season with an 86-67 loss at Texas Tech, then followed up with a 68-40 defeat at Iowa. But the Warhawks are coming off a 70-59 win over Southeastern Oklahoma State Saturday night in their home opener. Fred Brown scored 21 points to lead the way in that game. Brown put up 25 and hit seven 3-pointers against Texas Tech but did not play against Iowa. As a team, the Warhawks average 59 points per game.
vs. ULM: SFA is 18-30, all-time, against the Warhawks, and ULM holds an 18-6 edge in games played at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. SFA is 9-5 against ULM in 10 seasons under head coach Danny Kaspar. The 'Jacks have won seven of the last 10 meetings and three of the last five.
COVERAGE: Tuesday's game will be broadcast on KTBQ 107.7-FM. Rob Meyers has the call.
UP NEXT: After a short Thanksgiving break, SFA will return to Nacogdoches to host Science and Arts of Oklahoma on Nov. 27. The game is set for a 6 p.m. tip.
NEWS AND NOTES
ON THE REBOUND: SFA has outrebounded its opponent in all three games this season, pulling down an average of 47 boards per contest. The best season rebounding average for a Lumberjack team in the Division I era is 39.5, recorded in the 1996-97 season.
AGAINST THE BIG XII: SFA is 2-8 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.
ON THE DOWN-LOW: SFA has outscored its opponents in the paint by an average of 8.7 points per game through three contests. Before playing Texas Tech, the Lumberjacks had a 24-point margin down low, but the Red Raiders outscored SFA, 46-24, in the paint. The most points in the paint the 'Jacks allowed last season was 38 against Texas State.
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 98 total games with 57 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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