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Above: Patrick Richard is a returning all-SLC player and, Below: Diego Kapelan is one of the top three point shooters in the nation.

RETURNING TEAMLEADERS

in scoring with 12.8 average (13.2 in league games)...in blocked shots with 22 and in steals with 31

rebounding with 7.4 average

the top free throw shooter on team with .875 mark (42 of 48) and he made .914 per-cent of his free throws in conference games (32 of 35)....he also ranked third in scor-ing with a 9.9 average

assists with 89 and 2.96 average

in three point shooting with a .402 percentage (86 of 214).....he was also second in scoring with a 12.6 mark

Stephan Martin was

shooting percentage (.914), P. J. Alawoya

shooting percent-age (.581) and Diego Kapelan was third in three point goals made per game (2.50)

MORE EXPERIENCE The Cowboys have more ex-perience on this year’s team with 10 lettermen returning, including four of them starters. Patrick Richard, C. J. Collins, Diego Kapelan and P. J. Alawoya are back as starters....Stephan Martin returns as one of the top sixth men in the conference. Five players - Collins, Kapelan, Alawoya, Martin and Preston David - are seniors.

COACH Dave Simmons is now in his

coach. He has a 49-71 record at McNeese and is 76-101 overall as a head coach. He is 26-38 in Southland Conference games. His teams have been in the SLC post season tournament two of the last four years.

SCHEDULE It’s a tough one with non-con-ference games against Washing-ton, Miami, LSU, Texas A&M and Southern Miss on the road. Non-conference home games will be against UL Lafayette, Georgia State, Sacramento State and Louisiana Tech.

FROM DAVE SIMMONS “I believe that our guard play will be improved but we’re going to need more balance in the play of our No. 4 and No. 5 position players. Patrick (Richard) is the only player back in the league who was named to the all-con-ference team as a sophomore last year and we expect continued improvement from him in his play.”

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Cowboys Conference Room

MCNEESEQUICK FACTS

McNeese StateLocation: Lake Charles, LAEnrollment: 8,900Founded: 1939Nickname: CowboysColors: Blue and Gold

Conference: SouthlandPresident: Dr. Philip C. WilliamsAthletic Dir.: Tommy McClelland HistoryFirst year of basketball: 1946Overall Record: 962-791NCAA tourneys: (2001-02: lost to Mississippi State 70-58); (1988-80: lost to Illinois 77-70)NIT tourneys: (2000-01: lost to UTEP 84-74); (1985-86: def. Dayton 86-76; lost to Louisiana Tech 77-61)Most famous alum: Joe Dumars (all-American, all-pro for Detroit Pistons, Basketball Hall of Fame, Detroit Piston president for bas-ketball operations)

ConferenceName: SouthlandCommissioner: Tom BurnettDir. of Media: Todd LambMembers: McNeese State, SFA, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana, Cenral Arkansas, TAM-Cor-

pus Christi, Lamar, UT Arlington, UT San Antonio, Texas State, Sam Houston State

2009-2010 RecordOverall: 10-20 (7-5 home, 3-13 away; 0-2 neutral); 5-11 SLC (3-5 home, 2-6 away); 0-2 at Lake Charles Civic Center; 7-3 at Burton Coliseum

Basketball ArenaName: Burton ColiseumCapacity: 8,000Location: Common St., Lake Charles, LAFirst year: 1986Record there: 176-107Alternate Site: Lake Charles Civic CenterLocation: Lakeshore Drive, Lake Charles,LARecord there: 174-105

Basketball Coaching StaffHead Coach: Dave Simmons (La Tech

76-101 overallAssistant Coach: David Dumars (UL Monroe ‘80)Assistant Coach: Steve Welch (SE Loui-siana’70)Assistant Coach: Patrick Haynes (Mc-Neese State ‘06)Athletic Trainer: J. D. Boudreaux (Mc-Neese ‘03)

RadioAll McNeese State game are carried over Cajun Radio 1470 AM....Richard Dow handles the play by play

Sports InformationDirector: Louis Bonnette (Louisiana Tech ‘63)Assistant Director: Pam LaFosse (Mc-Neese State ‘87)Phone: 337-475-5207Fax: 337-475-5202Home: 337-477-4182Cell: 337-802-7127Email: lbonnette@mcneese.eduweb page: www.mcneesesports.comCourtside Phone (Burton): 337-562-4061, 4062, 4063

Mailing Address: Box 92735, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, La 70609(overnight) 700 E. McNeese St, Lake Charles, La 70607

Player InformationLettermen returning/lost: 10/3Starters returning: 4 (Diego Kapelan, P. J. Alawoya, C. J. Collins, Patrick Richard)Starters lost: 1 (Will Morning)Top scorers back: Patrick Richard (12.8), Diego Kapelan (12.6), Stephan Martin (9.9)

Top rebounders back: P. J. Alawoya (7.4), Patrick Richard (5.2)Assist leaders back: C. J. Collins (3.3 pg), Patrick Richard (2.8)Steal leaders back: Stephan Martin (1.4), Patrick Richard (1.0)

Table of ContentsPreview, Roster..................... 1-4The Cowboys ....................... 5-30 Against All .......................... 30Coaching Staff...................... 31-36Dr. Phillip Williams ............. 37Tommy McClelland ............. 37Cowboys year by year .......... 382009-10 statistics ................. 40-41Records ................................ 42Career Leaders ..................... 43Leaders by years .................. 44-45All-time results .................... 46-50Honors, awards .................... 50-52Against All ........................... 52Lettermen ............................. 53Coaching legacy ................... 54McNeese greats .................... 55-57Fontenot medicine center...... 58Kuehn weight room .............. 59Burton Coliseum ................... 61Southland Conference ........... 62-63

CREDITS: The 2010-2011 Mc-Neese basketball media gui1e was designed, written and edited by Louis Bonnette. Front cover by Nathan Fontaine. Photos are by Richard Martin, Rod Ander-son, Raymond Stewart, Kirk Meche, Gray Little, Richard Mitchell and Louis Bonnette. Printing was by Port Printing of Lake Charles.

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MCNEESE STATE 2009-2010 BASKETBALL ROSTERNUMERICALNO. PLAYER POST. HGT WGT CL/EX HOMETOWN0 Diego Kapelan G 6-3 195 Sr/3L Vancouver, BC (King George)2 Jeremie Mitchell G 6-3 180 So/1L West Monroe, LA (Ouachita)3 Patrick Richard F/G 6-4 208 Jr/2L Carencro, LA (Carencro HS)5 Dontae Cannon G 6-1 168 So/1L Alexandria, LA (ASH)10 Brandon Regis G/F 6-3 196 So/1L Addison, TX (W. T. White)20 Adrian Fields F 6-5 197 Fr/HS Opelousas, LA (Opelousas HS)22 Stephan Martin G 6-0 180 Sr/3L Lacassine, LA (Lacassine HS)23 C. J. Collins G 5-10 172 Sr/3L Lake Charles, LA (Wash-Marion)24 Mari Konate F 6-8 195 Jr/Trf Janville, France (SC Salkehatchie)32 Preston David P 6-10 215 Sr/3L Farmers Branch, TX (R. L. Turner)35 Tyson Queen F 6-5 220 Jr/Trf Baytown, TX (Temple)43 P. J. Alawoya F 6-7 215 Sr/3L Houston, TX (Alief Hastings HS)54 Daniel Richard P 6-9 190 Jr/2L Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) *William Brown P 6-9 240 Jr/Trf Dallas, TX (New Mexico) *Rudy Turner P 6-9 285 Sr/Trf Boyce, LA (UL-Monroe)* - will redshirt this year

ALPHABETICAL ROSTERNO. PLAYER POST. HGT WGT CL/EX HOMETOWN43 P. J. Alawoya F 6-7 215 Sr/3L Houston, TX (Alief Hastings HS)5 Dontae Cannon G 6-1 168 So/1L Alexandria, LA (ASH)23 C. J. Collins G 5-10 172 Sr/3L Lake Charles, LA (Wash-Marion)32 Preston David P 6-10 215 Sr/3L Farmers Branch, TX (R. L. Turner)20 Adrian Fields F 6-5 197 Fr/HS Opelousas, LA (Opelousas HS)0 Diego Kapelan G 6-3 195 Sr/3L Vancouver, BC (King George)24 Mari Konate F 6-8 195 Jr/Trf Janville, France (SC Salkehatchie)22 Stephan Martin G 6-0 180 Sr/3L Lacassine, LA (Lacassine HS)2 Jeremie Mitchell G 6-3 180 So/1L West Monroe, LA (Ouachita)35 Tyson Queen F 6-5 220 Jr/Trf Baytown, TX (Temple)10 Brandon Regis G/F 6-3 196 So/1L Addison, TX (W. T. White)54 Daniel Richard P 6-9 190 Jr/2L Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS)3 Patrick Richard F/G 6-4 208 Jr/2L Carencro, LA (Carencro HS) *William Brown P 6-9 240 Jr/Trf Dallas, TX (New Mexico *Rudy Turner P 6-9 285 Sr/Trf Boyce, LA (UL-Monroe* - will redshirt this season

Pronunciation GuideP. J. Alawoya al-lah-waa-yuhDontae Cannon don-tay Preston David davidDiego Kapelan dee-a-go caplanMari Konate my-ree coo-nah-tayStephan Martin stef-fanBrandon Regis ree-jesDaniel, Patrick Richard ree-chard

Pronunciation GuideCarencro care-n-crowOpelousas op-uh-loose-susLacassine lack-uh-seen

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Starters Returning Post. Hgt. Wgt. Cl-Ex PPG RPG Other0 Diego Kapelan G 6-3 195 Sr-3L 12.6 1.9 holds school record of nine three point goals in a game43 P. J. Alawoya F 6-7 215 Sr-3L 8.0 7.4 four double doubles last year23 C. J. Collins PG 5-10 172 Sr-3L 4.6 l.7 team assist leader two years in row3 Patrick Richard F 6-4 208 Jr-2L 12.8 5.2 pre-season all-Southland Conference

Lettermen Returning22 Stephan Martin G 6-0 180 Sr-3L 9.9 2.0 top “sixth man” in the conference33 Preston David P 6-10 215 Sr-3L 1.7 1.2 11 points, eight rebounds in one game last year54 Daniel Richard P 6-9 190 Jr-2L 2.3 2.8 one of the most improved players on team2 Jeremie Mitchell G 6-3 180 So-1L 2.1 0.3 15 points against Paul Quinn last year5 Dontae Cannon G 6-1 168 So-1L 4.0 0.8 made 7 of 8 FGAs vs Paul Quinn last year10 Brandon Regis G/F 6-3 196 So-1L 2.1 0.6 team high 5 steals in game last year

Newcomers20 Adrian Fields F 6-5 197 Fr-HS high school standout at Opelousas High 24 Mari Konate F 6-8 195 Jr-Trf from SC-Salkehatchie strong defensive player 35 Tyson Queen F 6-5 220 Jr-Trf from Temple JC older brother Andrew played for Cowboys

COWBOYS’ POSSIBLE LINEUPS

Point Guard23 - C. J. Collins (5-10, 172, 3L)5 - Dontae Cannon (6-1, 168, So, 1L)2 - Jeremie Mitchell (6-3,180, So, 1L)

Second Guard0 - Diego Kapelan (6-3, 195, Sr, 3L)22 - Stephan Martin (6-0, 180, Sr, 3L)2 - Jeremie Mitchell (6-3, 180, So, 1L)

Small Forward3 - Patrick Richard (6-4, 208, Jr, 2L)10 - Brandon Regis (6-3, 196, So, 1L)20 - Adrian Fields (6-5, 197, Fr, HS)

Power Forward43 - P. J. Alawoya (6-7, 215, Sr, 3L)20 - Adrian Fields (6-5, 197, Fr, HS)24 - Mari Konate (6-8, 195, Jr, Trf)35 - Tyson Queen (6-5, 220, Jr, Trf)

Post33 - Preston David (6-10, 215, Sr, 3L)54 - Daniel Richard (6-9, 190, Jr, 2L)

LOUISIANA SPORTS HALL OF FAME

PLAYER INFORMATION

McNeese State has had four former athletes and coaches inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame and three of them are from basketball, players Joe Dumars and Bill Reigel and coach Ralph O. Ward. Also in the Hall is Dr. Jack Doland, a former McNeese player, coach, athletic director and president.

Dr. Jack Doland Joe Dumars

Bill Reigel Ralph O. Ward

MCNEESE STATE ALL-TIME CHAMPIONSHIPSFOOTBALL: 2009, 2007, 2006 2003 , 2002 , 2001 , 1997, 1995,1993, 1991, 1980, 1979,1976 (Southland); 1967, 1965, 1963, 1961, 1957 (Gulf States)BASKETBALL: 2002, 2001, 1997, 1978, 1975 (Southland); 1968, 1963, 1961, 1958, 1957, 1956 (Gulf States); 1956 (NAIA national)SOFTBALL: 1994, 1983VOLLEYBALL: 1997WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: 1986

MEN’S TENNIS: 1987, 1983 (Southland); 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1953 (Gulf States)SOCCER: 2007MEN’S BASEBALL: 2006, 2000, 1988 (Southland); 1956 (Gulf States) MEN’S GOLF: 1979, 1978, 1977 (Southland); 1959, 1958 (Gulf States)MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY: 2000, 1998, 1989, 1978, 1976, 1975, 1973 (Southland); 1958,

1957, 1956 (Gulf States)WOMEN’S CROSS COUN-TRY: 1999, 1998MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK: 1958 (Gulf States)

(66 conference and one national title)

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Above: P. J. Alawoya returns as the lead-ing rebounder. Below: C. J. Collins was one of the leaders in assists in the SLC last year.

THE

COWBOYS

NO. 0 6-3 189 SENIOR 3L SHOOTING GUARD VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (KING GEORGE HS)

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DIEGO KAPELAN

SINGLE GAME HIGHSPoints: 37 vs NW State, 2/18/09Rebounds: 7 vs Samford 11/23/09FGs: 12 vs NW State, 2/18/09FGs att: 21 vs NW State, 2/18/093-pt FGs: 9 vs NW State, 2/18/093-pt FGA: 17 vs NW State, 2/18/09Fts: 6 vs NW State 2/17/10Fta: 8 vs TAMCC 2/20/10Assists: 5 vs ULM, 12/13/08Steals: 3 vs severalBlocks: 1 vs Central Arkansas 2/23/08

HIGH SCORING GAMES37 vs NW State 2/18/0931 vs Rice 12/29/09 26 vs Lamar 1/17/0926 vs NW State 2/17/1024 vs Texas State 2/8/0924 vs Nicholls State 2/9/0821 vs Northwestern State 1/23/08

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 30-30 122-330 .370 86-214 .402 48-55 .873 56 1.9 44 35 41 0 14 378 12.6 809 08-09 29-18 113-314 .360 70-202 .347 42-51 .824 83 2.9 34 20 21 0 17 338 11.7 76507-08 29-1 72-206 .350 53-151 .351 16-23 .696 52 1.8 27 13 25 3 14 213 7.3 520Totals 88-49 307-850 .361 209-567 .369 106-129 .822 191 2.2 105 68 87 3 45 929 10.6 2094

Diego has been a “gym rat” all summer long, working on his shot and he is expected to be one of the best from three point range this season- his outside threat will be a key to the Cowboy offensive game this year....he has also improved his defensive skills and his overall playJunior Season (2009-2010): named the team’s outstanding player after ranking second in scoring and among the conference leaders in both three point shooting and free throw shooting accuracy....averaged 12.6 ppg...made 40.2 percent of his three throw attempts...moved up to fourth on all-time McNeese

chart with 209... named SLC player of week for perfor-mance against Rice (31 pts, 8 of 12 three point goals)...made 29 straight free throws at one time...scored in double

Sophomore Season (2008-2009): led team in scoring with an 11.7 average and was one of the top three

point shooters in the league, ranking fourth in three point shots made with 70....also led team in free throw shooting and ranked second in the con-ference with .824 pct.....37 points against Northwest-ern State were most by any player in a league game ...set school record by making nine three point goals in the same game..scored 26 points vs Lamar and 24 points vs Texas StateFreshman Season (2007-2008): ranked fourth on the team in scoring with a 7.3 average and led the team in three point goals with 53....played in all 29 games and drew the starting assignment in one...top offensive effort had him scoring 24 points against Nicholls State....was seven of 11 from three point range in that game with the Colonels....the 24 points was the fourth high among Cow-boy players...was named the team’s Newcomer of the Year (Peter Romero award)...connected on 53 of 151 three point shots for a 35.1 percent-

age...scored in double

was in the 20s twice (21 vs Northwestern State)...ranked 18th in the conference in three point shooting percentage...aver-aged 8.1 points per game in league play only and scored 31 three point goalsPre-McNeese: was a stand-out at King George High in Vancouver...averaged 32 points, six rebounds and four assists per game his senior year...team MVP each season...named to numerous tournament all-star teams....led team to lower main-land championship....also ran cross country and played soc-cer (striker)....was member of provincial championship cross country squad...

Personal: birthdate July 8, 1987....born in Bihac, Bos-nia....parents are Zdravko and Hedita Kapelan...one sister....father played soccer profes-sionally...General Studies

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Diego scoring a free throw during his career high 37 points against Northwest-ern State in 2009 and (below) Diego receiv-ing the McNeese outstanding player of the year award for the 2009-2010 season from assistant coach Steve Welch.

DIEGO KAPELAN GAME BY GAME IN 2009-10game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col. 3-13 2-5 3-3 3 2 1 3 0 0 24 11 Hawaii 5-12 4-7 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 35 14S. Utah 2-8 2-5 4-4 0 2 3 3 0 1 32 10La. Col 5-9 2-6 0-0 2 1 1 2 0 1 20 12Samford 5-15 3-10 2-5 7 0 2 0 0 1 34 15ULL 2-5 1-2 0-0 2 4 0 3 0 0 24 5P Quinn 3-6 3-6 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 18 9Ole Miss 6-14 6-13 0-0 3 1 1 3 0 0 34 18Tulane 1-2 1-1 1-2 3 1 1 1 0 0 22 4La Tech 3-9 3-5 0-0 0 1 2 2 0 2 25 9SUNO 6-19 5-16 2-2 3 2 2 2 0 1 30 19Rice 9-16 8-12 5-5 2 2 1 1 0 0 34 31

game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpTexTech 7-18 4-14 2-2 0 3 0 0 0 2 26 20LSU 3-12 2-4 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 28 8UTSA 4-13 3-10 4-4 3 1 2 0 0 1 31 15 Lamar 4-12 0-3 2-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 28 10SE La. 0-6 0-3 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 1 24 0C. Ark 6-14 4-9 0-0 5 3 2 2 0 0 28 16 Nicholls 4-12 4-7 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 12SFA 3-6 1-2 0-0 1 4 0 3 0 0 25 7NW St. 6-15 4-10 1-1 12 1 3 1 0 1 28 17Tx St. 6-17 3-10 2-2 1 3 2 1 0 1 28 17UTA 5-9 3-7 0-0 1 1 1 1 0 0 29 13SFA 2-12 1-5 4-4 2 2 0 1 0 0 28 9NW St. 7-13 6-12 6-6 3 1 0 3 0 0 31 26AMCC 4-10 4-9 5-8 1 1 1 1 0 0 32 17 SHSU 4-12 3-7 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 0 26 11Nicholls 3-6 2-4 3-3 3 2 0 1 0 0 19 11SE La. 1-7 1-5 0-0 2 1 0 2 0 0 22 3C. Ark 3-7 1-5 2-2 0 1 2 1 0 0 13 9

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NO. 23 5-10, 172 SENIOR 3L POINT GUARD LAKE CHARLES, LA (WASHINGTON-MARION HS)

C. J. Collins has been

the past two seasons and will be one of the more experienced point guards in the conference this year. He came to McNeese as a walkon and before his

was on scholarship. He’s a solid all-around player who has worked hard on his shooting.

Junior Season (2009-2010): led the team in assists with 89 and was fourth in steals...averaged 5.4 points per game in conference outings only...had nine assists against Lamar and eight against Central Arkansas...career high 13 points against sev-eral teams...made seven of eight free throws down the stretch in win over North-wetsern State...led team in scoring against LSU with 12 points..also had three assists and three steals...

SINGLE GAME HIGHSPoints: 13 vs severalRebounds: 7 vs TAM-Corpus 2/21/09FGs: 6 vs Fla. Atlantic 11/28/08FGs att: 12 vs ULL 12/2/083-pt FGs: 4 vs Nicholls 1/27/103-pt FGA: 6 vs severalFts: 7 vs NW State 2/3/10Fta: 8 vs severalAssists: 10 vs NW State 2/18/09Steals: 4 vs TAMCC 2/20/10Blocks: 1 vs NW State 2/18/09

HIGH SCORING GAMES13 vs Fla. Atlantic 11/28/0813 vs Lamar 1/17/0913 vs Lamar 1/16/1013 vs Nicholls 1/27/1012 vs LSU 1/4/10

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 27-20 31-129 .240 14-55 .255 47-60 .783 47 1.7 30 89 52 0 28 123 4.6 721 08-09 29-25 54-159 .340 21-66 .318 13-25 .520 68 2.3 48 93 63 1 27 142 4.9 84107-08 29-0 16-50 .320 7-24 .292 7-15 .467 17 0.6 22 24 31 0 8 46 1.6 209Totals 85-45 101-338 .296 42-145 .289 67-100 .670 132 1.6 100 206 146 1 63 311 3.6 1771 8 / MCNEESE STATE

C. J. COLLINS

high against Nicholls with 13 points...won team assist award for second straight year

Sophomore Season (2008-2009): second on the team in minutes played with 841 and an average of 29 per game...scored at a 4.9 clip and led the team in assists with a 3.2 average...in conference games only he averaged 5.4 points a contest...was also tops on the team in steals with al-most one per game...twice scored a career high 13 points (vs Florida Atlantic and vs Lamar)....assist high of 10 came against North-western State... started 25 of the 29 games he played

Freshman Season (2007-2008): played in all 29 games and averaged 1.6 points per game....real worth to the team was get-

and into the right hands...

had 24 assists....did not score in double figures and single

points on four different occasions...single season high of six assists came against Dillard...averaged 7.2 minutes of playing time

Pre-McNeese: standout at Washington-Marion High as a point guard where he earned all-district hon-ors, was named to the all-Southwest Louisiana team and earned an honorable mention on the all-state team.. . .averaged 16.8 points and nine assists per game his senior season...Personal: birthdate No-vember 15, 1988...General Studies....honor roll student in high school...named to Who’s Who ... recipient of REACT award....parents are Patrick Collins and Andrea Jackson...father at-tended McNeese State

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C. J. Collins drives for a basket in a game during his early years with the Cowboys (left) and in a picture from last year, he sets up a play and

Dr. David Wallace assist trophy. Colllins now has 206 assists which puts him 13th on the school’s all-time list.

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C. J. COLLINS GAME BY GAME IN 2009-2010game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col. 1-4 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 20 4 Hawaii DNPS. Utah DNPLa. Col 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0Samford 1-6 0-3 0-0 2 3 4 2 0 0 20 2ULL 1-6 0-1 6-6 2 1 1 5 0 0 22 8P.Quinn DNPOle Miss 2-4 1-3 0-0 4 2 4 2 0 0 24 5Tulane 1-4 0-1 1-4 1 1 3 2 0 0 26 3La Tech 0-4 0-2 0-0 2 1 1 1 0 0 19 0SUNO 1-4 1-2 0-0 1 0 6 1 0 0 30 3Rice 0-5 0-2 0-0 1 2 4 1 0 1 28 0TexTech 0-4 0-3 0-0 4 2 6 5 0 2 36 0

game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpLSU 4-9 2-4 2-2 4 1 3 1 0 3 32 12UTSA 1-5 0-3 0-0 0 2 4 1 0 0 29 2Lamar 4-5 1-2 4-7 2 3 9 1 0 2 35 13SE La. 1-8 1-3 3-4 0 1 1 4 0 2 28 6C. Ark 1-6 0-1 4-4 5 0 8 3 0 1 36 6Nicholls 4-8 4-6 1-2 2 0 4 2 0 0 32 13SFA 3-11 1-3 5-5 4 1 1 2 0 1 34 12NW St. 1-3 0-1 7-8 1 3 7 4 0 3 32 9Tx St. 1-9 1-2 0-1 1 0 3 1 0 0 32 3UTA 1-4 1-4 0-0 1 0 3 2 0 1 28 3SFA 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 1 0 0 0 24 2NW St. 0-2 0-1 2-2 3 1 5 1 0 1 30 2AMCC 1-3 0-1 6-8 1 0 2 2 0 4 31 8SHSU 0-2 0-1 0-1 1 0 4 1 0 2 26 0Nicholls 0-3 0-1 2-2 0 0 2 3 0 1 24 2SE La. 1-5 0-2 0-0 3 2 0 2 0 0 24 2C. Ark 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 0 2 1 0 3 17 3

NO. 43 6-7 215 SENIOR 3L FORWARD HOUSTON, TX (ALIEF HASTINGS HS)

P. J. Alawoya (al-lah-waa-yuh) is a talented player who has been one of the top rebounders in the Southland Conference the past two years. He’s in his third season as a starter and has been improving his shooting game from the perimeter.

Junior Season (2009-2010): led the team in rebounding for the sec-ond straight year (7.4 per game) and also ranked fourth in scoring with an

in rebounding in seven games with high of 16 against Northwestern State and 15 vs Southern (NO)...had four double, doubles (11 points and 15 rebounds vs Southern-NO), 10 and 13 vs Southern Utah, 13 and 16 vs Northwestern State and 10 and 11 vs Nicholls...

Sophomore Season (2008-2009): got off to a great start as he pulled rebounds

SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Points: 32 vs Wiley 1/7/09Rebounds: 16 vs NW St., 2/3/10FGs: 16 vs Wiley 1/7/09FGs att: 18 vs Wiley 1/7/093-pt FGs: none3-pt FGA: 1 vs severalFts: 4 vs severalFta: 8 vs Fla. Atlantic 11/28/08Assists: 4 vs severalSteals: 3 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Blocks: 4 vs C. Ark 1/23/10

HIGH SCORING GAMES32 vs Wiley 1/7/0921 vs TCU 11/22/0818 vs Tulane 12/16/0917 vs ULM 11/20/0816 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 30-27 106-205 .517 0-2 .000 28-66 .424 222 7.4 89 12 30 21 29 240 8.0 781 08-09 29-29 89-187 .476 0-1 .000 36-60 .600 213 7.3 56 36 41 11 26 214 7.4 76107-08 28- 0 27- 60 .450 0-0 .000 4-11 .364 65 2.3 22 9 15 5 8 58 2.1 272Totals 87-56 222-452 .491 0-3 .000 68-137 .496 500 5.7 177 57 86 37 63 512 5.7 1814 10 / MCNEESE STATE

P. J. ALAWOYA

went on to four double doubles and ranked sixth in the conference in rebound-ing....pulled season high 15 rebounds against TCU and scored a season and ca-reer high 32 points against Wiley...double doubles came against Wiley,TCU, Florida Atlantic and UTA...

-ures in rebounding and seven times in scoring

Freshman Season (2007-2008): played in 28 of the 29 games and wound up with a 2.3 rebounding and 2.1 scoring average...six times he came off the

rebounds....had career high of seven rebounds against Nicholls State and Loui-siana College.......had a career high eight points against Texas State....scored six points and pulled six rebounds in SLC tour-nament game against Sam Houston State...played

19 minutes in that game and also went three for six from

on the team in minutes played

Pre-McNeese: one of the standouts on the Alief Hastings team that was ranked among the top 20 prep teams in the nation at one time... averaged 15 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks per game...made 61 percent of his shots...had three year ca-reer totals of 919 rebounds and 353 blocked shots...single game highs of 23 rebounds and six blocks....team captain...all-district...named to Greater Houston area all-star team...played on three district champion-ship teams

Personal: birthdate De-cember 16, 1988...sister B. J. played volleyball at Savannah State....Gen-eral Studies ..parents are Robert Alawoya and Sade

P. J.P. J. putting back a rebound for two points during game action last year (left) and (below) receiv-ing the team rebound award for the second straight year from McNeese Hall of Fame member and former basketball great Don Troutman.

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P. J. ALAWOYA GAME BY GAME IN 2009-20210game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col. 4-6 0-0 2-4 5 2 0 3 0 2 31 10Hawaii 3-9 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 0 19 6S. Utah 5-13 0-0 0-1 13 3 0 1 3 1 36 10La. Col 1-4 0-0 0-0 9 1 0 1 0 1 24 2Samford 2-6 0-0 1-2 5 4 1 1 0 2 30 5ULL 2-3 0-0 2-7 9 2 0 1 0 2 38 6P Quinn 6-10 0-0 4-7 4 1 0 1 1 3 17 16Ole Miss 3-5 0-1 2-2 2 4 0 1 0 0 17 8Tulane 7-10 0-0 4-7 7 4 0 2 1 1 34 18La Tech 4-10 0-0 0-2 5 4 1 1 0 1 25 8SUNO 5-11 0-0 1-3 15 5 0 1 1 1 20 11Rice 2-8 0-0 0-2 10 1 2 0 1 2 27 4

TexTech 4-7 0-0 0-1 9 4 1 3 0 2 26 8LSU 4-10 0-0 1-5 7 2 0 0 1 1 23 9UTSA 4-10 0-0 0-0 7 3 0 0 1 1 31 8Lamar 7-10 0-1 0-0 5 4 0 1 1 0 19 14SE La. 2-4 0-0 3-4 11 2 0 0 2 2 30 7C. Ark 3-5 0-0 0-1 9 4 0 0 4 0 26 6Nicholls 6-7 0-0 0-0 9 3 2 3 0 2 28 12SFA 1-4 0-0 0-2 5 2 1 0 0 0 20 2NW St. 5-7 0-0 3-6 16 3 3 1 1 1 28 13Tx St. 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 5 0 0 0 0 22 4UTA 1-3 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 0 1 1 23 2SFA 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 2 1 0 27 2NW St. 4-6 0-0 1-2 7 5 0 1 0 0 24 9AMCC 2-4 0-0 0-2 4 4 1 1 0 1 23 10 SHSU 2-4 0-0 1-2 6 0 0 2 0 0 26 5Nicholls 5-5 0-0 0-0 11 3 0 0 0 0 30 10SE La. 4-8 0-0 1-2 13 4 0 3 1 1 32 9C. Ark 5-9 0-0 2-2 5 2 0 0 1 1 30 12

NO. 22 6-0 180 SENIOR 3L GUARD LACASSINE, LA (LACASSINE HS)

Stephan Martin is a player who can turn a game around.....he can score, can defend and will do whatever it takes to win. He has become the most valuable “sixth man” in the league....goes into year having made his last 10 free throws of 2009-2010 season

Junior Season (2009-2010): played in all 30 games and started 10...third ranking scorer on the team with a 9.9 average and posted a 10.4 norm in conference games only....led the conference in free throw shooting with a 91.4 percentage (32 of 35)...came off bench to lead team to 71-67 win over SE

steals..seven of 12 FGs)...high of 24 points vs Texas State and 23 vs La. Col-lege....in double scoring

Sophomore Season (2008-2009):played in all 29 games and started 15 of them, playing both the point and the second guard...

SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Points: 24 vs Texas State 2/6/10Rebounds: 6 vs Samford 11/23/09FGs: 8 vs severalFGs att: 15 vs N. Colorado 11/13/093-pt FGs: 5 vs N. Colorado 11/13/093-pt FGA: 7 vs severalFts: 6 vs severalFta: 7 vs S. Utah 11/16/09Assists: 5 vs severalSteals: 5 vs SE La. 1/20/10Blocks: 2 vs La. College 11/16/07

HIGH SCORING GAMES24 vs Texas State 2/6/1023 vs N. Colorado 11/13/0919 vs SE Louisiana 1/20/1018 vs TAM-Corpus 1/12/0818 vs C. Arkansas 3/5/10

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 30-10 107-253 .423 41-115 .357 42-48 .875 61 2.0 53 50 61 2 41 297 9.9 65508-09 29-15 67-160 .419 26-70 .371 32-41 .780 57 2.0 53 45 55 4 23 192 6.6 531 07-08 29-1 31-100 .310 14-58 .241 24-32 .750 28 1.0 34 18 33 3 17 100 3.4 291Totals 88-26 205-513 .399 81-243 .333 98-121 .809 146 1.6 140 113 149 9 81 589 6.9 147712 / MCNEESE STATE

STEPHAN MARTIN

averaged 6.6 points per game and connected on 78 percent of his free throws...scored in double figures eight times and twice in his last four...season high 15 points against Central Arkansas..was team’s lead-ing scorer in that game...hit 14 against ULM, LSU and

top three point shooting pct. on the team (.371, .389 in SLC)...top three point game had him going three for four against Central Arkansas...third on team in assists and steals

Freshman Season (2007-2008): came on strong as a rookie and appeared in 29 games, starting one of them....played both at the No. 1 and the No. 2 posi-tions...averaged 3.4 points per game...was one of the

scored in double figures three times and had a ca-reer high 18 points against TAM-Corpus Christi, com-ing off the bench, helping to spearhead a 67-59 vic-tory...made six of seven

field goals (four for four from three point range) and was two of two at the line in 17 minutes of ac-tion.........was one of the top free throw shooters on the team, making 75 percent (24 of 32)....aver-aged 10 minutes of playing time....

Pre-McNeese: standout at Lacassine High and one of the state’s leading scor-ers throughout his career...had a 26.5 career scoring average...twice named to all-state team...all-district three times and named SW Louisiana MVP twice..also the state long jump champion twice in track...averaged 24.5 points, 5.3 assists,3.1 rebounds and three steals per game as a senior..scored 52 points in one game (vs Converse)...

state playoffs

Personal: birthdate January 24, 1988...General Studies...parents are Stephan and Gwen Martin ... has a son, Kennon

STEPHAN

In photo at left Stephan displays the free throw shoot-ing form that led the SLC in league games last year. In the picture below he receives the team’s free throw shooting award from former Cowboy standout and McNeese Hall of Fame member Dick Miller.

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STEPHAN MARTIN GAME BY GAME IN 2009-2010game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col 8-15 5-9 2-2 4 2 2 4 0 1 27 23Hawaii 3-9 3-7 0-0 1 4 4 2 0 0 36 9S. Utah 5-14 1-5 6-7 1 5 1 4 1 2 38 17La. Col 3-7 2-3 0-0 1 1 3 2 0 0 26 8Samford 5-12 3-9 0-0 6 4 2 4 0 2 35 13ULL 4-10 1-4 0-2 3 2 0 4 0 0 32 9P Quinn 3-7 1-4 0-0 1 1 5 1 0 1 19 7Ole Miss 2-6 1-3 0-0 2 1 3 4 0 3 23 5Tulane 6-10 3-5 0-0 3 5 2 1 0 4 29 15La Tech 1-7 1-6 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 2 18 3SUNO 3-8 0-4 0-0 3 0 1 3 1 0 16 6Rice 1-3 0-2 2-2 3 0 0 1 0 0 10 4TexTech 3-5 2-3 0-0 4 1 3 2 0 1 22 8

LSU 1-8 1-6 0-0 2 1 2 2 0 1 20 3UTSA 3-7 3-5 0-0 0 3 2 2 0 1 17 9Lamar 4-5 0-1 2-2 3 2 1 12 0 0 19 10SE La. 7-12 2-5 3-3 2 1 1 12 0 5 22 19C. Ark 3-10 1-2 4-4 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 11Nicholls 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 3SFA 0-3 0-1 4-4 1 0 1 2 0 2 22 4NW St. 1-5 0-1 1-2 1 1 0 3 0 1 19 3Tx St. 89-12 3-4 5-6 0 3 0 1 0 4 20 24UTA 4-14 1-6 3-4 5 1 0 1 0 0 18 12SFA 2-6 0-2 2-2 2 2 1 3 0 2 20 6NW St. 4-11 1-4 1-1 4 1 1 3 0 0 19 10AMCC 2-3 2-2 0-0 1 0 3 0 0 1 14 6SHSU 5-12 0-5 3-3 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 13Nicholls 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 1 16 4SE La. 5-12 1-3 4-4 1 3 1 2 0 4 21 15C. Ark 8-13 2-3 0-0 3 3 2 3 0 1 21 18

NO. 32 6-10 215 SENIOR 3L POST FARMER’S BRANCH, TX (R. L. TURNER HS)

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Preston David comes into the season with a chance at holding down a starting role. He will be expected to control the low post area on the defensive end as well as score his share of points on offense. Could be-come a standout block-ing shots and altering shots.

Junior Season (2009-2010): turned in some outstanding games late in the season...had standout game in victory against Northwestern State, scor-ing 11 (5 of 6 from the

eight rebounds...had nine

in 24 minutes against Louisiana College....four for four and eight points against Nicholls...started seven games and played in 26...made 50

PRESTON DAVID

attempts

Sophomore Season (2008-2009): played in 13 games and scored eight points and pulled 15 rebounds...also blocked five shots....game high of two points which he scored in outings with ULM, Southern Miss and Northwestern State....had a game and career high of six rebounds he pulled against ULM....had two blocked shots against Central Arkansas

F re s h m a n S e a s o n (2007-2008): saw action in 16 games and scored six points and pulled 16 rebounds...he scored two points in three different games and had a game high of three rebounds against Louisiana Col-lege...made 50 percent

of his shots from the

Pre-McNeese: av-eraged 12 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots per game his senior season at R. L. Turner High...earned second team all-district honors and was named the basketball team’s athlete of the year...also named team captain....earned two letters...won the Roy Gravely out-standing athlete award

Personal: birthdate Feb-ruary 21, 1989...parents are Lloyd and Keva Mc-Neal David....sister Sev-erina played volleyball at Sam Houston State and UT Dallas...General Studies and honor roll student...named to SLC commissioner’s list

SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Points: 11 vs NW State 2/3/10Rebounds: 8 vs NW State 13//10FGs: 5 vs NW State 2/3/10FGs att: 6 vs NW State 2/3/103-pt FGs: none3-pt FGA: noneFts: 3 vs La. College 11/21/09Fta: 4 vs La. College 11/21/09Assists: 1 vs severalSteals: 2 vs severalBlocks: 2 vs several

HIGH SCORING GAMES11 vs NW State 2/3/109 vs La. College 11/21/098 vs Nicholls 2/27/10

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 26-7 19-38 .500 0-0 .000 7-19 .368 32 1.2 35 3 12 16 7 45 1.7 20608-09 13-0 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 15 1.2 5 0 1 5 1 8 0.6 4407-08 16-0 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-4 .000 16 1.0 12 0 1 2 1 6 0.4 44Totals 55-7 26-54 .481 0-0 .000 7-24 .291 63 1.1 52 3 14 23 9 59 1.8 294

PRESTON

Preston has been named to the SLC Commissioner’s honor list for his work in the class-room and on the

will be counted on for strong play in the paint.

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PRESTON DAVID GAME BY GAME IN 2009-2010game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 0Hawaii 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 2 2 0 18 6S. Utah 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 3 0 1 2 2 19 1La. Col 3-4 0-0 3-4 5 1 0 2 2 2 24 9Samford 1-3 0-0 0-2 1 3 0 2 1 2 14 2ULL 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 1 0 1 0 10 0P Quinn 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 2 0 14 4Ole Miss 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 0Tulane 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 La Tech 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0SUNO 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Rice 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TexTech DNP

LSU 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0UTSA DNPLamar 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0SE La 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0C. Ark DNPNicholls DNPSFA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0NW St. 5-6 0-0 1-3 8 4 0 1 1 0 14 11Tx St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0UTA 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0SFA 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 1NW St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0AMCC 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 4 0 1 2 0 21 3SHSU 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0Nicholls 4-4 0-0 0-1 3 1 1 1 2 0 10 8SE La. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0C. Ark 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

NO. 3 6-4 208 JUNIOR 2L FORWARD CARENCRO, LA (CARENCRO HS)

SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Points: 24 vs Nicholls State 2/28/09Rebounds: 9 vs La. College 12/10/09FGs: 9 vs severalFGs att: 16 vs Texas Tech 1/1/103-pt FGs: 3 vs several3-pt FGA: 5 vs severalFts: 7 vs severalFta: 10 vs Nicholls St. 2/28/09Assists: 6 vs severalSteals: 3 vs severalBlocks: 2vs several

HIGH SCORING GAMES24 vs Nicholls St. 2/28/0921 vs ULL 11/28/0920 vs Ole Miss 12/12/0920 vs SE Louisiana 1/20/10

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 30-30 141-302 .467 23-75 .307 79-100 .790 155 5.2 84 84 67 22 31 384 12.8 91608-09 29-0 52-141 .369 17-54 .315 31-50 .620 68 2.3 35 30 38 5 12 152 5.2 411Totals 59-30 193-443 .435 40-129 .310 110-150 .733 223 3.8 119 114 105 27 43 536 9.1 1327

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PATRICK RICHARD

Patrick Richard is the team’s returning MVP and is expected to have an outstanding season. He’s capable of taking over a game

Pre-season all-confer-ence pick and has made tremendous off-season development. Very versatile player.

Sophomore Season (2009-2010): took over a starting role and led the team in scoring (12.8 ppg), in blocked shots and steals and was second in rebounding...named to all-SLC third team...averaged 13.2 points in league games...scored in double figures 23 times...high of 21 vs UL-Lafayette and 20 against both Ole Miss and SE Louisiana...started all 30 games..

played team high 916 minutes

Freshman Season (2008-2009): he came on strong at the end of the year, three times leading the team in scoring and hitting a career high 24 points in an overtime loss to Nicholls State on the road....he had a career game against the Colonels as he not only scored 24 points but he made nine of 10

three of four from three point range and made all three free throws he tried...he collected 13 points in the season ending game with Cen-tral Arkansas and also

four other times...twice led team in rebounds in a game and four times led in steals

Pre-McNeese: earned all-state honors at Caren-cro High where he averaged 23 points, nine re-bounds, three assists and one blocked shot per game his senior season...named his district MVP...earned all-district honors two years in a row...also named to the all-Aca-diana team...four year letterman...played both guard and forward....also played baseball

Personal: b i r thdate January 25, 1990...Mass Communications...honor roll....parents are Patrick Sr. and Stephanie Rich-ard....played for Chris Kovatch at Carencro High

PAT

Patrick is a pre-sea-son all-SLC pick this season and a triple threat for the Cow-boys. In the picture below he receives the Lake Charles Toyota team MVP Award from Dewanna and Philip Tarver.

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PATRICK RICHARD GAME BY GAME 2009-2010game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col 1-8 0-4 6-7 3 3 5 2 0 0 25 8Hawaii 5-10 0-2 0-0 8 3 4 2 0 2 36 10S. Utah 5-6 1-1 5-6 3 4 1 1 0 0 19 16La. Col 4-8 1-2 2-2 4 4 1 4 0 2 25 11Samford 3-9 1-5 0-0 3 4 3 3 1 1 27 7ULL 7-11 1-4 6-6 7 2 6 1 1 2 37 21P Quinn 4-5 0-1 2-2 4 0 3 1 1 2 15 10Ole Miss 9-14 2-3 0-0 4 4 4 1 0 0 31 20Tulane 4-6 1-1 1-2 3 3 2 3 1 1 35 10 La Tech 4-12 0-2 4-4 8 0 1 3 1 2 21 12SUNO 3-7 3-4 3-4 8 1 6 1 1 2 30 12Rice 3-12 0-3 3-4 4 3 3 3 1 1 33 9TexTech 7-16 2-2 2-3 8 4 3 2 0 1 36 18

LSU 2-4 1-1 4-7 4 3 1 1 0 1 28 9UTSA 6-11 3-5 0-0 5 3 2 2 1 2 28 15Lamar 7-14 0-2 0-0 5 3 5 4 0 0 34 14SE La. 8-14 2-3 2-3 6 2 2 2 2 0 34 20C. Ark 7-11 1-3 2-2 8 3 2 2 0 3 32 17Nicholls 3-8 1-3 1-3 4 3 0 3 2 0 36 8SFA 6-13 0-3 3-3 4 3 1 0 0 1 31 15NW St. 7-10 1-2 3-4 3 0 3 1 2 0 29 18Tx St. 6-14 0-4 1-2 9 4 5 5 2 2 33 13 UTA 4-15 0-1 6-6 7 5 2 3 2 0 31 14SFA 6-9 0-1 2-2 5 5 3 2 1 1 34 14NW St. 2-8 0-1 2-4 2 4 2 3 0 2 29 6AMCC 6-14 2-5 0-0 4 2 2 3 0 1 33 14 SHSU 0-7 0-2 3-4 8 3 3 4 2 0 31 3Nicholls 4-10 0-1 4-5 5 2 4 2 1 0 34 12SE La. 4-7 0-3 5-6 6 2 5 3 0 2 37 13 C. Ark 4-9 0-1 7-9 4 2 0 0 0 0 32 15

NO. 54 6-9 190 JUNIOR 2L POST LAKE CHARLES, LA (BARBE HS)

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DANIEL RICHARD

Daniel Richard may be the most improved player on the team. He came on strong at the end of last sea-son and this year will be expected to make contributions at both the power forward position and at the post position.

Sophomore Season (2009-2010): saw action in 28 games and started four....averaged 2.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game....averaged 11.5 minutes of playing time...didn’t score

a game but got close several times...scored career high eight points against both La

Tech and Northwest-ern State....had career high seven rebounds against Paul Quinn..fifth on team in re-bounding...made 51 percent of his shots in league games only

Freshman Season (2008-2009): saw ac-tion in eight games over the regular sea-son and played in two conference outings...scored four points and pulled six rebounds....top game came in a victory over Loui-siana College when he scored four points and pulled four re-bounds...also had an assist in that game

Pre-McNeese: played on two district champi-onship teams at Barbe High and

SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Points: 8 vs NW State 2/3/10Rebounds: 7 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09FGs: 4 vs NW State 2/3/10FGs att: 6 vs NW State 2/3/103-pt FGs: none3-pt FGA: noneFts: 4 vs severalFta: six vs severalAssists: 3 vs Ole Miss 12/12/09Steals: 1 vs severalBlocks: 3 vs UTA 2/10/10

HIGH SCORING GAMES8 vs NW State 2/3/108 vs La Tech 12/19/096 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/096 vs UTSA 1/9/106 vs Sam Houston 2/24/10

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 28-4 26-57 .456 0-0 .000 13-26 .500 77 2.8 59 12 20 13 3 65 2.3 321 08-09 8-0 2-2 1.00 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 6 0.8 3 1 5 2 0 4 0.5 27Totals 36-4 28-59 .475 0-0 .000 13-26 .500 83 2.3 62 13 25 15 3 69 1.9 348

earned four letters.....played for former Mc-Neese assistant coach Shannon LaFargue

Personal: birthdate March 31, 1989...Engineering....honor roll student and has been named to the Southland Confer-ence commissioner’s list

DANIEL

Daniel will demon-strate his improved play this season. In the picture below he is with head coach Dave Simmons who presented him the Fess Salter memorial award at last year’s basketball banquet.

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DANIEL RICHARD GAME BY GAME 2009-2010game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 1 0 7 0Hawaii DNPS. Utah 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 0La. Col DNPSamford 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0ULL 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0P Quinn 1-3 0-0 4-6 7 4 0 0 1 0 11 6Ole Miss 0-2 0-0 0-0 5 0 3 0 1 1 19 0Tulane 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0La Tech 2-4 0-0 4-4 5 5 0 0 1 0 16 8SUNO 0-1 0-0 1-6 3 4 1 0 0 0 16 1Rice 1-3 0-0 2-2 5 3 0 2 0 0 16 4TexTech 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 5 1 1 0 0 11 2

LSU 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 3 0 0 18 4UTSA 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 6Lamar 1-2 0-0 1-2 5 3 3 2 1 1 22 3SE La. 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 1 0 1 11 0C.. Ark 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 0 2 0 19 4Nicholls 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 2 1 0 0 0 8 1SFA 1-2 0-0 0-2 4 2 0 0 0 0 19 2NW St. 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 2 1 0 6 8Tx St. 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 1 0 0 8 2UTA 1-4 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 1 3 0 18 2SFA 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 1 0 13 0NW St. 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 1 0 0 7 2AMCC 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 1 0 0 15 2SHSU 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 4 0 3 0 0 14 6Nicholls 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 2SE La. 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8 0C. .Ark 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

NO. 2 6-3 180 SOPHOMORE 1L GUARD WEST MONROE, LA (OUACHITA HS)

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JEREMIE MITCHELL

Jeremie Mitchell can play both of the guard positions and will prob-ably see equal playing time at both spots this season. He’s one of the best pure shooters on the team and has improved his strength on the court.

Freshman Season (2009-2010): played in 21 games but did not get a start...averaged 2.1 points per game,

goals and seven of 19 three point shots...sec-ond leading scorer in victory over Paul Quinn with 15 points...was six

that game...top scoring effort in a conference game was eight points against Sam Houston State...saw his most ac-tion in games with Paul

Quinn (21 minutes), Louisiana College (14 minutes), Central Ar-kansas (13 minutes) and Louisiana Tech (11 min-utes)....in season end-ing Central Arkansas game he scored seven points, making three

one of two free throw attempts

Pre-McNeese: aver-aged 17.5 points, six assists and six rebounds per game in helping Ouachita High to a state title in his senior year...was a leader on a team that went 39-4 .....prep coach Casey Jones said of Mitchell, “his top days as a basketball player are ahead of him...he’s going to de-velop into an outstand-ing collegiate point guard..he really shoots

the ball well”....he was one of four players off the team to sign with a college...also a standout defensive

SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Points: 15 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Rebounds: 2 vs La. College 11/21/09FGs: 6 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09FGs att: 11 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/093-pt FGs: 2 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/093-pt FGA: 5 vs La. College 11/21/09Fts: 1 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Fta: 1 vs severalAssists: 1 vs severalSteals: 1 vs severalBlocks: none

HIGH SCORING GAMES15 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/098 vs Sam Houston 2/24/107 vs La. College 11/21/097 vs C. Arkansas 3/6/10

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 21-0 18-39 .462 7-19 .368 2-5 .400 6 0.3 7 4 8 1 6 45 2.1 100

player....named to all-district team and second team all-state...earned four letters

Personal: birthdate Oc-tober 17, 1990....Gen-eral Studies...parents are Jerome Mitchell and Tracey Zeigler....father played basketball at Texas Southern

JEREMIE

Jeramie will be used at both guard posi-tions this year and is one of the best pure shooters on the team.

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JERAMIE MITCHELL GAME BY GAME 2009-20010game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0Hawaii DNPS. Utah 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 0La. Col 3-7 1-5 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 1 14 7Samford 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0ULL DNPP Quinn 6-11 2-4 1-1 1 2 1 2 0 1 21 15Ole Miss DNPTulane DNPLa Tech 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2SUNO 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Rice 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

TexTech DNPLSU 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0UTSA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0SE La DNPC. Ark DNPNicholls 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0SFA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0NW St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0TxSt. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 lUTA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0SFA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0NW St. 1-2 1-1 0-0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 3AMCC DNSHSU 3-6 1-2 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 8Nicholls 1-1 1-1 0-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3SE La. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0C. Ark 3-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 7

NO. 5 6-1 168 SOPHOMORE 1L POINT GUARD ALEXANDRIA, LA (ALEXANDRIA SENIOR HS)

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DONTAE CANNON

Dontae Cannon is a young player who has the ability to make an impact on the team this season. He’s slated to share the point guard duties with C. J. Collins. A year ago he played in 28 games and had some good outings, especially towards the end of the season. He has a good scoring touch with a good eye for the basket. Was injured in practice

games.

Freshman Season (2009-2010): played in 28 games and produced a 4.0 scoring average...made 44 of 86 shots from the floor for a 51.2 percentage and was 19 of 22 from the three throw line for an 86.4 percent....played in all 16 conference

games....came off the bench to lead the team in assists against Loui-siana College....three times scored in double

15 points against Paul Quinn and 10 points each against Louisiana College and Stephen F. Austin....made seven of eight shots in game against Paul Quinn.....was named the team’s “Newcomer of the Year”...

Pre-McNeese: was one of the state’s scoring leaders as a senior at Al-exandria Senior High.... averaged 20 points a contest for ASH...also

per game...helped lead the team to a 29-8 re-cord and as far as the

playoffs...was a three

year starter and his team made the playoffs all three s e a s o n s . . . f i r s t team all-district selection...single

SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Points: 15 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Rebounds: 2 vs La. College 11/21/09FGs: 7 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09FGs att: 8 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/093-pt FGs: 1 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/093-pt FGA: 2 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Fts: 4 vs NW St. 2/3/10Fta: 4 vs NW St. 2/3/10Assists: 4 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Steals: 3 vs severalBlocks: none

HIGH SCORING GAMES15 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/0910 vs La. College 11/21/0910 vs SFA 2/13/10

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 28-0 44-86 .512 4-17 .235 19-22 .864 22 0.8 26 20 24 0 13 111 4.0 302

game high of 39 points which he scored in a contest against Opelou-sas High....also played baseball at ASH, play-

Personal: birthdate May 3, 1991...parents are Tracy and Shiela Cannon....General Stud-ies

DONTAE

Dontae can make an impact on the Cow-boy team this season. In the picture below he recieves the New-comer of the Year award for the 2009-2010 season from former McNeese standout Troy Aaron.

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DONTAE CANNON GAME BY GAME 2009-2010game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col. 2-3 1-2 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 5Hawaii 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 15 6S. Utah 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3La. Col 4-4 0-0 2-2 2 1 3 1 0 3 16 10Samford 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0ULL 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2P Quinn 7-8 1-2 0-0 1 0 4 2 0 3 21 15Ole Miss DNPTulane 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0La TEch 3-5 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 1 13 6SUNO 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 0 2 1 0 1 10 4Rice 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0TexTech DNP

LSU 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2UTSA 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2Lamar 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 SE La. 2-4 0-1 2-2 2 0 0 1 0 1 12 6C. Ark 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 4 0 0 5 2Nicholls 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0SFA 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0NW St. 1-3 0-0 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 6Tx St. 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 1UTA 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12 2SFA 4-7 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 10NW St. 0-3 0-0 1-2 0 4 1 1 0 1 15 1AMCC 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 1 3 0 0 10 1SHSU 4-7 0-1 0-0 2 3 1 1 0 1 19 8Nicholls 4-6 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16 9SE La. 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6C. Ark 2-10 0-2 0-0 2 3 1 0 0 0 21 4

NO. 10 6-3 196 SOPHOMORE 1L GUARD / FORWARD ADDISON, TX (W. T. WHITE HS)

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BRANDON REGIS

Brandon Regis can be a defensive stop-per for the Cowboys this season. He showed promise in that depart-ment last year. He’s also a hard nosed type player who has im-proved his offensive game. He could be the most versatile player on the team this season...he can play three dif-ferent positions (point guard, second guard and small forward) and will probably wind up seeing some action at all three...brings a good size to the team

Freshman Season 2009-2010: saw act-dion in 25 games last year and wound up with a 2.1 scoring and a 0.6 rebounding average....made 21 of 63 field-goals and was four of 13

at the line...three times scored in double fig-ures...in fact, produced 10 points in each of

games of the season - against North Colorado and Hawaii in the Rain-bow Classic....saw his most playing time - 21 minutes - in the season ending contest against Central Arkansas...had season high 11 points against Paul Quinn...had team single game high with five steals against Louisiana Col-lege

Pre-McNeese: aver-aged 13.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 as-sists per game at W. T. White High...col-lected a lot of his points from three point range...mostly played shoot-ing guard...second on

the team in three pointers made...four letters and earned all-district honors...nominee for McDonald’s

SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Points: 11 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Rebounds: 4 vs La Tech 12/19/09FGs: 4 vs severalFGs att: 9 vs several3-pt FGs: 2 vs several3-pt FGA: 5 vs N. Colorado 11/13/09Fts: 2 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Fta: 3 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/09Assists: 4 vs S. Utah 11/16/09Steals: 5 vs La. College 11/21/09Blocks: 1 vs N. Colorado 11/13/09

HIGH SCORING GAMES11 vs Paul Quinn 12/1/0910 vs N. Colorado 11/13/0910 vs Hawaii 11/15/09

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Fg-Fga Pct. 3Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. Reb Avg Pf A TO Bkd Stl Pts Avg. Min.09-10 25-0 21-63 .333 7-23 .304 4-13 .308 16 0.6 17 16 23 1 15 53 2.1 198

all-American....was also a two year letterman in football, playing wide receiver....second team all-district in football

Personal: birthdate November 24, 1990....General Studies....was born in New Orleans...mother is Deidra Re-gis....uncle Kendall Re-gis played basketball at UL-Lafayette

BRANDON

Brandon can be a defensive stopper for the Cowboys this season. He had 15 steals in 25 games a year ago.

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BRANDON REGIS GAME BY GAME 2009-2010game fg-fga 3pt-a ft-fta reb pf a to bk s min tpN. Col. 4-7 2-5 0-0 1 2 2 4 1 2 22 10Hawaii 4-9 2-3 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 2 21 10S. Utah 0-5 0-2 0-0 2 2 4 0 0 0 16 0La. Col 3-7 0-2 0-2 3 0 1 3 0 5 15 6Samford 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 2 16 2ULL 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0P Quinn 4-9 1-3 2-3 1 2 2 4 0 2 25 11Ole Miss 0-2 0-1 0-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0Tulane 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0La Tech 0-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 3 0 0 13 0SUNO 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2Rice 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0TexTech DNP

LSU 1-1 0-0 1-1 `0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3UTSA 1-1 1-1 0--0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 3Lamar DNPSE La 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0C. Ark DNPNicholls 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 2SFA 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0NW St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0Tex St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0UTA 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1SFA 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0NW St. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 3AMCC DNP SHSU 0-0 0-0 0-3 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 0Nicholls 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0SE La. DNPC. Ark 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

NO. 24 6-8 195 JUNIOR TRANSFER FORWARD JANVILLE, FRANCE (USC SALKEHATACHIE JC)

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MARI KONATE

Mari Konate (pro-nounced my-ree coo-nah-tay) will add to the Cowboy inside game this season. He’ll give the team another solid rebounder and he is expected to pick up his shooting game. He’s a native of France and made his way to McNeese through the junior college ranks, having played last year at USC (South Caro-lina) Salkehatchie JC. Prior to that he played one season at Sheri-dan College. Mari can play both the small and power forward posi-tions but will probably be used more this sea-son as a power forward. What the Cowboys will be looking for from him is a defensive presence in the post area. He’s

very athletic, can guard multiple positions and can run the transtion game.

Pre-McNeese: played last season for USC Salkehatchie junior college where he av-eraged 4.4 rebounds and and 4.2 points per game. He was one of two players from the team who signed with a Division I squad after the season. He played both forward positions and also saw some action at center....prior to that he played for Sheridan College where in the 2007-08 season he averaged 4.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game...he had high individual scoring games of 16 points (twice)....he wound up

making 64 percent of his shots from

Personal: birth-date January 26, 1988....General Studies....born in Compiegne, France....parents are Trinkaro and Marianna Konate

NO. 20 6-5 197 FRESHMAN HS FORWARD OPELOUSAS, LA (OPELOUSAS HS)

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ADRIAN FIELDS

Adrian Fields could be the most versatile player on the team. He can play multi-ple positions and play them well. He has not played since his high school senior year of 2008-9, but he’s expected to come in and provide immediate help for the Cowboys. He can play the one, two or three positions and with his size the Cowboys could go big at the point.

Pre-McNeese: he was one of the state’s top performers as a high school senior at Opelousas High. He averaged 18 points, eight rebounds, 10 as-sists and two steals per game. These were av-erages he posted early in the year as he was

of the season with an injury. He also went on to play AAU basketball during the summer and was a teammate of cur-rent Cowboy standout Patrick Richard. Adri-an played high school ball for Coach James Rollins who said that McNeese has a player who can do it all. “He’s smart and he knows the game. After he got hurt in his senior year he sat right next to me every game and got to learn the game. He was well on his way to becoming the team MVP and earning all-district honors before he was injured,” said the coach. Fields was to have played every position on the team for Rollins his senior year at Opelousas High.

Personal: birth-date June 12, 1990....General Studies.....mother is Loretta Offord

NO. 35 6-5 220 JUNIOR TRANSFER FORWARD BAYTOWN, TX (TEMPLE JC)

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TYSON QUEEN

Tyson Queen will add depth at both forward positions this season and will get in a lot of playing time. He brings experience to the team as he played at Temple junior college last year. From the high post he can put the ball on the

also has a good scoring touch. He is expected to provide good defensive play and body people underneath because he has good strength even though he is only 6-5. Tyson is a student of the game and always knows what to do when he is out there.

Junior College: played one season at Temple Junior College and averaged 10 points and eight rebounds

per game that year....played both the three and the four positions for Coach Kirby John-son

Pre-McNeese: earned four letters in basket-ball at Robert E. Lee High...in his senior year he earned all-district honors when he aver-aged 16 points, eight rebounds and four as-sists per game....played power forward all four seasons....produced a 3.76 overall grade point average and was named “Mr. Lee” at his school

Personal: birthdate June 5, 1989....in the Biological Science

and Sandra Queen....

was born in Sul-phur, LA but grew up in Baytown, TX....older brother Andrew played for the Cowboys in the 2004 and 2005 seasons under then head coach Tic Price

6-9 240 JUNIOR TRANSFER POST DALLAS, TX (UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO)

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WILL BROWN

Will Brown is a trans-fer from the Univeristy of New Mexico who will serve out a redshirt season this year. He will be eligible to play in the 2011-2012 sea-son and have two years of play. He can be a difference maker.

Pre-McNeese: he played two seasons at New Mexico and averaged 4.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in 35 games last year...he made 49.2 percent

50 percent of his free throws...he was sec-ond on the team in blocked shots with 32 ...in conference games only he averaged 4.9 points a game...game highs were 11 points against Texas Tech and seven rebounds vs New Mexico State...as a freshman he played in 32 games and start-ed one...he had a 1.9

scoring and a 2.2 re-bounding average...his highs as a fresh-man were 10 points (vs Ole Miss) and six re-bounds (vs Air Force)..he played high school ball at Woodrow Wil-son HS (three years) in Dallas....and his se-nior year at Patterson Prep....averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds per game in the 2006-2007 season...and 12.5 points and eight re-bounds per game at the prep school....named

was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com...named the top power forward signee in the Mountain West Conference by Rivals.com in 2008...ranked in the top 10 by TexasHoops.com after his junior prep season...

Personal: birthdate October 3, 1989....

General Studies.....parents are Benny and Willie Faye Brown...is a cousin of Joe and David Dumars....also a cousin to Rudy Turner who is a member of the Cowboy basketball team

6-9 255 SENIOR TRANSFER POST BOYCE, LA (UL MONROE)

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RUDY TURNER

Rudy Turner trans-ferred in from UL Mon-roe and he will be sitting out the season, having one year left with the Cowboys. He’s a big presence underneath the goal and he can rebound and score with the best. Could become one of the better big men to play for the Cowboys.

Pre-McNeese: played three seasons at Loui-siana-Monroe where he was a starter all three years...as a junior last season he averaged 8.8 points and led the team with a 5.5 re-bounding average...he also made 55 percent

led the team with 43 blocked shots....in his sophomore season he averaged 10.2 points

a game and had a 51.4 shooting percentage...led team in rebounding with 6.8 mark...started 10 games as a freshman and had a 6.0 scoring and a 4.5 rebounding mark....

High School: played at Peabody High in Alexandria and earned two letters...played on state playoff team

15 points and 12 re-bounds per game his

blocks and two assists per game....earned all-state, all-district and all-Cenla honors....Mc-Donald’s all-America nominee

Personal: birthdate October 12, 1988....General Studies....par-ents are Darryl Bowie

and Rougena Turn-er.... has a four year old son - Damarion De-Eric Turner...uncles are Joe and David Dumars...teammate Will Brown is a cousin

Post33 - Preston David (6-10, 215, Sr, 3L)54 - Daniel Richard (6-9, 190, Jr, 2L)

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Above: Cowboy head coach Dave Simmons with 2009-2010 award winners Diego Kapelan (left) and Patrick Richard (right) and (below) the Cowboy coach with one of his favorite Southland

Coaching

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DAVE SIMMONSHEAD COACH FIFTH YEARTWO SLC TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES

Dave Simmons is in his fifth season as the McNeese State head coach and is expect-ing a solid showing from his team and a return to the league’s post season tournament this year. A former assistant coach at McNeese, Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State, Simmons has had his squad in the South-land Conference post season tournament two of the past four years and in both of those tour-naments his squad advanced to

His record with the Cow-

the league race. Prior to becoming head coach at McNeese, Simmons had served as an assistant coach with the Cowboys, with the Demons and with the Bulldogs when all won league titles. He was an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech when the team went to the NIT Final Four and made two NCAA appearances. He was an as-sistant at McNeese when the Cowboys won the league title

COACHING CAREERTIMELINE

2006: named head coach at McNeese State1999-2006: assistant coach at Northwest-ern State1994-1996: head coach at Edward Waters College1987-1994: assistant coach at McNeese State1986-1987: assistant coach at Delta State1985-1986: assistant coach at Louisiana Tech

CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMSNorthwestern State: SLC 2005-06, 2004-05, 2000-01McNeese State: SLC 1988-89Delta State: Gulf South 1986-87Louisiana Tech: SLC 1984-85

and appeared in the NCAA, he was an assistant at Delta State when it won 24 games and ap-peared in the Division II Final Four and he was an assistant at Northwestern State when the Demons won back to back league crowns, participated in the NCAA and gave the SLC

During a 27 year career he’s coached more than 20 players who have gone on to play in the professional ranks includ-ing Karl Malone. He is a member of the Loui-siana Basketball Hall of Fame, having been inducted for his playing career at Louisiana Tech. He is one of the few cur-rent collegiate head coaches in the nation who scored more than 1,500 points during their careers.

Collegiate Career Coaching RecordYear W L Place ‘94-95 16 13 Edward Waters‘95-96 11 16 Edward Waters ‘06-07 15 17 McNeese State‘07-08 13 16 McNeese State‘08-09 11 18 McNeese State‘09-10 10 20 McNeese StateTotals 76 100

McNeese Record Overall SLC ‘06-07 15 17 9-7 SLC‘07-08 13 16 7-9 SLC ‘08 -09 11 18 5-11‘09-10 10 20 5-11 Totals 49 71 26-38