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YellowJacket Basketball 2013-14
Covering the YellowJackets LeTourneau Sports Information
LeTourneau vs. Northwestern State (Exhibition Game)
Sports Information Director: ...................................Danny Kambel Office Phone: ................................................................(903) 233-3735 Cell Phone: ...................................................................(903) 366-6093 E-Mail: ...........................................................DanielKambel@letu.edu Twitter: ....................................... @DannyKambel | @LETUAthletics Website: ............................................................www.letuathletics.com
Friday, Nov. 8 • 7 p.m. ET Natchitoches, La. - Prather Coliseum (Capacity) Series Record: Northwestern State leads 3-0 Last Meeting: Dec. 31, 2012 Northwestern State def. LeTourneau, 102-52 Live Stats: http://www.nsudemons.com/
2013-14 Schedule
The Coaches
Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 8 at Northwestern State (Exhibition) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 Hendrix 3 p.m. Nov. 23 Rhodes 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26 East Texas Baptist * 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 Centenary Colleege 7 p.m. Dec. 5 Mississippi College * 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 Louisiana College * 3 p.m. Dec. 17 at Unviersity of Texas at Tyler * 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at University of Ozarks * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2 Concordia University * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor * 3 p.m. Jan. 9 University of Texas at Dallas * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 Hardin-Simmons University * 3 p.m. Jan. 16 at Sul Ross State * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at Howard Payne University * 3 p.m. Jan. 23 at Louisiana College * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at Mississippi College * 3 p.m. Jan. 30 University of Ozarks * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 University of Texas at Tyler * 3 p.m. Feb. 6 at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Concordia University * 3 p.m. Feb. 13 at Hardin-Simmons University * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at University of Texas at Dallas * 3 p.m. Feb. 20 Howard Payne University * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 Sul Ross State * 3 p.m. Feb. 24 at East Texas Baptist University * 7:30 p.m. * - American Southwest Conference game BOLD denotes home game to be played at Solheim Arena Dates, times and locations are subject to change
Internet Broadcast
Select LeTourneau University men’s basketball games will be streamed live on the internet at www.letuathletics.tv.
On the Internet
For the latest updates, roster and statistics for the YellowJacket basketball team and all of LETU’s athletic programs, plus information on sponsorship opportunities log on to www.letuathletics. com.
Bob Davis is entering his ninth year at LeTourneau University and has a 79-123 record with the YellowJackets. Davis came to LeTourneau from Liberty University and the NCAA Division I level where he was the associate coach for three seasons. Prior to coaching at Liberty, Davis was a 15-year head coach at Eastern Wyoming College, a junior college located in Torrington, Wyoming. Davis began his coaching career at the high school level in 1974 and quickly moved up the ladder. He coached the Chinese Junior Olympic Team for eight weeks at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center in 1979-80. He served as an assistant coach at Colorado State University and was a head coach for six years at Chadron State College.
Mike McCarthy is entering his 15th year at Northwestern State University and has a 223213 record with the Demons. McCarthy has a career record of 575-372 in his 30 years as a head coach.
LeTourneau Basketball Exhibition - Northwestern State • 2
No. 1
Name Kurt Morris
Pos. G
2013-14 Numerical Roster Yr. Jr.
Ht. 6-0
Wt. 195
Hometown / Previous School San Francisco, Calif. / Foothill College
2 Josh Thornton G Jr. 6-3 205 DeSoto, Texas / Grace Prep Academy 2012-13: 25 GP/10 GS • 21.6 minutes per game • 6.4 ppg • 2.2 rpg • 1.4 apg • 71.4% FT% • 38.2% FG% 2011-12: 24 GP • 14.9 minutes per game • 4.7 ppg • 1.6 rpg • 63.3% FT% • 31.6% FG% • 20.9% 3 PT% 3 Chris Hynes G So. 5-8 150 Missouri City, Texas / Willowridge HS 2012-13: 26 GP/5 GS • 15.2 minutes per game • 3.0 ppg • 1.5 rpg • 2.8 apg • 47.6% FT% • 44.6% FG% • 52.9% 3PT% 4 Jake Kennedy G So. 6-4 187 Sugarland, Texas / William B. Travis HS 2012-13: 1 GP • 5.0 minutes per game • 1.0 apg 2011-12: 22 GP/4 GS • 14 minutes per game • 3.6 ppg • 1.7 rpg • 60% FT% • 33.3% FG% • 18.2% 3 PT% 11 Aaron Frizell G Jr. 6-0 171 Arlington, Texas / York College 2012-13: 14 GP/1 GS • 4.9 minutes per game • 1.1 ppg • 0.6 rpg • 0.4 apg • 50.0% FT% • 16.7% FG% • 14.3% 3PT% 13
Dwayne Johnson
G
Fr.
5-11
170
Wichita Falls, Texas / York College
14
Lane Scruggs
G
Fr.
6-0
161
Buffalo, Texas / Teague HS
15
Austin Horton
G
Fr.
6-0
202
Cave Creek, Ariz. / Spire Institute / Cactus Shadows HS
22
Chris Walker
G
Fr.
6-0
190
Missouri City, Texas / RCHA
23 Ladaria Brown F So. 6-4 190 Henderson, Texas / Henderson HS 2012-13: 26 GP/25 GS • 30.5 minutes per game • 12.1 ppg • 5.2 rpg • 1.5 apg • 66.7% FT% • 39.5% FG% • 36.8% 3PT% 24
Sage Meggs
G
Fr.
6-3
177
Robinson, Texas / Robinson HS
25 Zach Driver G Jr. 6-3 220 Arp, Texas / Arp HS 2012-13: 11 GP • 5.4 minutes per game • 0.6 ppg • 1.0 rpg • 60% FT% • 28.6% FG% 2011-12: 3 GP • 1 minute per game • 1.0 ppg • 50% FT% • 33.3% FG% 32
Ben Jacobson
F
Jr.
6-5
220
Wilmington, N.C. / Cape Fear CC / Eugene Ashley HS
33
Cameron Ransome
G
Jr.
5-11
180
Los Angeles, Calif. / Allan Hancock College / Santa Monica HS
34 Justin Jones F Sr. 6-5 232 Waxahachie, Texas / Cedar Valley College 2012-13: 26 GP/24 GS • 32.0 minutes per game • 13.4 ppg • 7.6 rpg • 1.3 apg • 60.5% FT% • 51.9% FG% • 26.1% 3PT% 35
Antione Ross
40
Giovanny Thompson
F
Jr.
6-5
221
Mount Pleaseant, Texas / Paris JC
F/C
So.
6-6
213
Spring City, Texas / College of Marin
44 Chad Williams C Sr. 6-8 215 Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Valley College 2012-13: 26 GP/22 GS • 21.8 minutes per game • 8.1 ppg • 4.0 rpg • 0.8 apg • 55.4% FT% • 42.8% FG% • 28.6% 3PT% Head Coach: Bob Davis Assistant Coach: Michael Lewis Athletic Trainer: Portia Phillips Sports Information Director: Danny Kambel Athletic Director: Terri Deike
LeTourneau Basketball Exhibition - Northwestern State • 3 Preseason Prognostications
LeTourneau has been picked to finish ninth in the American Southwest Conference after a vote by the league’s head coaches, sports information directors and media members. Rank 1. Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) 2. Texas-Dallas (2) 3. Concordia Texas (3) 4. Texas-Tyler 5. Hardin-Simmons 6. East Texas Baptist 7. Mississippi College 8. Louisiana College 9. LeTourneau 10. Howard Payne 11. Sul Ross State 12. Ozarks (First-place votes)
(Pts.) 297 276 265 215 199 127 122 118 116 93 62 50
2013 Record (ASC) 27-6/ (17-2) 20-7/ (14-5) 24-6/ (15-4) 18-8/ (13-6) 16-11/ (12-7) 9-16/ (5-14) 15-11/ (11-8) 8-13/ (8-11) 11-15/ (10-9) 8-17/ (6-13) 5-20/ (4-15) 7-18/ (4-15)
Scheduling Note #1
Friday night’s contest against Northwestern State will count in the win-loss ledger for the host Demons. Meanwhile, the contest serves as an exhibition game for the YellowJackets. Scheduling Note #2
The 2014 season marks the 18th year of play in the American Southwest Conference in league history and the first to begin play without an East and West Division. Regular season play begins Nov. 15. The three-day, eight-team, single-elimination conference tournament is slated for February 28-March 2 at the site of the No. 1 seed and an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship will be on the line. All-ASC Performers Return
Three of the four YellowJackets, who earned post-season recognition in 2012-13 from the American Southwest Conference return for LeTourneau. Justin Jones, who was named First Team All-ASC East, Ladaria Brown, who was picked Second Team All-ASC East, and and Chris Hynes was named to All-Freshman Team lead the returnees for the 2013-14 YellowJackets.
Hynes Attends Annual ASC SAAC Meeting
Sophomore Chris Hynes, who serves as the vice president of the LeTourneau University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Earlier this fall, Hynes and president Kayla Bonina, a senior on the women’s tennis team attended the annual American Southwest Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee meeting in Dallas. Home Sweet Home
The YellowJackets recorded eight wins at home in 2012-13. The eight wins were the most since they were victorious eight times in 2008-09. Double the Fun
Justin Jones recorded five double-double performances to lead the YellowJackets, teammate Ladaria Brown had four double double performances. An Eye on the Post-Season
The YellowJackets advanced to the 201213 ASC Basketball Tournament for the first time since 2008-09. Reunion in Longview
York College teammates Dwayne Johnson and Aaron Frizell have reunited at LeTourneau. Also, Chad Williams and Justin Jones were teammates at Cedar Valley College in Lancaster, Texas. At Cedar Valley College, the two teamed up to a second-place finish at the NJCAA Division III Championships in 2012.
Former YellowJacket Earns Recognition
Cristian Driver, a four-year member of the LeTourneau University men’s basketball team from Humble, Texas, was recently named the 2013 Student Teacher of the Year by the Texas Directors of Field Experiences this week in San Antonio. Driver is the fourth student teacher of the year who has graduated from LETU’s teacher preparation program since 1997 to win this distinction. Driver, who graduated in May with his bachelor’s degree in mathematics education, is certified to teach grades 8-12 math. He is now employed teaching algebra at Manvel High School in the Alvin Independent School District near Houston, where he also coaches track and basketball. Assistant Coach Leads LETU Men’s XC Team to NCAA Regionals
Assistsant Men’s Basketball Coach Michael Lewis recently led the LeTourneau University men’s cross country team to its best finish in school history at the ASC Championships. The YellowJackets finished second at the meet and will compete on Friday, Nov. 15 at the NCAA South/Southwest Regional Meet in Newport News, Virginia.
LeTourneau Basketball Exhibition - Northwestern State • 2
2012-13 Statistics
LeTourneau Men's Basketball 2012-13 LeTourneau Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 07, 2013) All games Overall record: 11-15 Conf: 10-9 Home: 8-5 Away: 3-9 Neutral: 0-1 Total ##
Player
gp-gs
01 Deitrich Williams 02 Josh Thornton 03 Chris Hynes
04 Jake Kennedy 11 Aaron Frizell
13 Brandon Harris 14 Josh Waddy
15 Franco Muniz 22 Will House
23 Ladaria Brown 24 Cristian Driver 25 Zach Driver 32 Paul All
33 Cameron Skief 34 Justin Jones
35 Kendrae Carter 40 John Burkhart
44 Chad Williams
Team Total.......... Opponents......
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods LeTourneau Opponents
min
25-20 25-10 26-5 1-0 14-1 11-0 3-0 9-0 4-0 26-25 26-14 11-0 23-1 5-0 26-24 22-3 4-0 26-22
679 539 396 5 69 28 29 16 5 792 673 59 178 9 831 397 7 566
26 26
5278
avg
27.2 21.6 15.2 5.0 4.9 2.5 9.7 1.8 1.3 30.5 25.9 5.4 7.7 1.8 32.0 18.0 1.8 21.8
5295
LETU 1779 68.4 -5.2 648-1535 .422 131-425 .308 5.0 352-550 .640 13.5 979 37.7 -1.8 363 14.0 430 16.5 -2.5 0.8 172 6.6 52 2.0 2129 13-164 -
1st 2nd 800 960 886 1001
fg-fga
59-164 63-165 29-65 0-0 5-30 5-14 5-6 1-6 0-1 100-253 61-160 2-7 23-44 1-4 147-283 60-129 1-3 86-201
3-Point fg% 3fg-fga
.360 17-61 .382 9-50 .446 9-17 .000 0-0 .167 2-14 .357 0-0 .833 1-2 .167 0-0 .000 0-1 .395 42-114 .381 33-100 .286 0-1 .523 0-0 .250 0-0 .519 6-23 .465 4-13 .333 0-1 .428 8-28
F-Throw 3fg%
OT Totals 19 1779 26 1913
* * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
80-113 25-35 10-21 0-0 3-6 2-4 0-0 1-2 0-0 72-108 37-53 3-5 1-9 0-0 49-81 37-53 1-4 31-56
Rebounds ft%
Date 11/16/12 11/24/12 11/26/12 11/29/12 12/01/12 12/03/12 12/06/12 12/08/12 12/14/12 12/15/12 12/28/12 12/31/12 01/05/13 01/10/13 01/12/13 01/17/13 01/19/13 01/24/13 01/26/13 01/31/13 02/02/13 02/07/13 02/09/13 02/14/13 02/16/13 02/22/13
.708 .714 .476 .000 .500 .500 .000 .500 .000 .667 .698 .600 .111 .000 .605 .698 .250 .554
off
9 12 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 33 25 3 10 0 69 37 0 40 30 648-1535 .422 131-425 .308 352-550 .640 280 678-1582 .429 147-505 .291 410-643 .638 325 OPP 1913 73.6 678-1582 .429 147-505 .291 5.7 410-643 .638 15.8 1026 39.5 340 13.1 366 14.1 0.9 234 9.0 59 2.3 6214 12-495 1-279
.279 .180 .529 .000 .143 .000 .500 .000 .000 .368 .330 .000 .000 .000 .261 .308 .000 .286
ft-fta
def
tot
84 93 44 56 33 38 0 0 4 9 1 2 1 1 3 4 0 0 103 136 95 120 8 11 31 41 1 1 129 198 45 82 1 1 64 104 52 82 699 979 701 1026
avg
3.7 2.2 1.5 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 5.2 4.6 1.0 1.8 0.2 7.6 3.7 0.3 4.0
3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3
a
82 35 73 1 5 5 3 1 0 38 42 0 9 0 35 14 0 20
to blk stl
66 46 55 0 17 2 7 0 1 37 62 1 19 1 49 26 1 38 2 37.7 532 16 363 430 39.5 496 - 340 366
Opponent PAUL QUINN TEXAS LUTHERAN PAUL QUINN at Concordia at Mary Hardin-Baylor at Centenary College SUL ROSS ST. HOWARD PAYNE at Schreiner University at Texas Lutheran HOWARD PAYNE at Northwestern State HARDIN-SIMMONS LOUISIANA COLLEGE MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE at East Texas Baptist at Texas-Tyler TEXAS-DALLAS OZARKS at Mississippi College at Louisiana College TEXAS-TYLER EAST TEXAS BAPTIST at Univ. of the Ozarks at Texas Dallas vs Mary Hardin-Baylor
* - Conference game
pf dq
66 52 41 1 12 1 4 5 4 61 66 6 14 3 62 48 1 85
L W Lot L L L W W W L L L Lot W Wot W L W W L L L W W L L
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 1 7 1 1 27
35 13 22 0 4 2 2 2 0 38 23 1 4 0 14 4 1 7
pts
avg
215 160 77 0 15 12 11 3 0 314 192 7 47 2 349 161 3 211
8.6 6.4 3.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 3.7 0.3 0.0 12.1 7.4 0.6 2.0 0.4 13.4 7.3 0.8 8.1
52 172 1779 59 234 1913
68.4 73.6
Score 112-125 65-60 111-119 78-95 58-64 54-57 74-70 68-50 71-65 56-61 79-91 52-102 78-79 67-62 81-79 64-58 68-89 45-44 65-53 43-69 66-78 59-62 74-68 82-76 55-76 54-61
Att. 0 0 0 250 850 392 0 0 150 355 135 515 202 275 0 603 584 229 277 832 700 538 473 215 489 279
Covering the YellowJackets LeTourneau Sports Information
LeTourneau vs. Northwestern State (Exhibition Game)
Sports Information Director: ...................................Danny Kambel Office Phone: ................................................................(903) 233-3735 Cell Phone: ...................................................................(903) 366-6093 E-Mail: ...........................................................DanielKambel@letu.edu Twitter: ....................................... @DannyKambel | @LETUAthletics Website: ............................................................www.letuathletics.com
Friday, Nov. 8 • 7 p.m. ET Natchitoches, La. - Prather Coliseum (Capacity) Series Record: Northwestern State leads 3-0 Last Meeting: Dec. 31, 2012 Northwestern State def. LeTourneau, 102-52 Live Stats: http://www.nsudemons.com/
2013-14 Schedule
The Coaches
Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 8 at Northwestern State (Exhibition) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 Hendrix 3 p.m. Nov. 23 Rhodes 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26 East Texas Baptist * 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 Centenary Colleege 7 p.m. Dec. 5 Mississippi College * 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 Louisiana College * 3 p.m. Dec. 17 at Unviersity of Texas at Tyler * 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at University of Ozarks * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2 Concordia University * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor * 3 p.m. Jan. 9 University of Texas at Dallas * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 Hardin-Simmons University * 3 p.m. Jan. 16 at Sul Ross State * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at Howard Payne University * 3 p.m. Jan. 23 at Louisiana College * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at Mississippi College * 3 p.m. Jan. 30 University of Ozarks * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 University of Texas at Tyler * 3 p.m. Feb. 6 at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Concordia University * 3 p.m. Feb. 13 at Hardin-Simmons University * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at University of Texas at Dallas * 3 p.m. Feb. 20 Howard Payne University * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 Sul Ross State * 3 p.m. Feb. 24 at East Texas Baptist University * 7:30 p.m. * - American Southwest Conference game BOLD denotes home game to be played at Solheim Arena Dates, times and locations are subject to change
Internet Broadcast
Select LeTourneau University men’s basketball games will be streamed live on the internet at www.letuathletics.tv.
On the Internet
For the latest updates, roster and statistics for the YellowJacket basketball team and all of LETU’s athletic programs, plus information on sponsorship opportunities log on to www.letuathletics. com.
Bob Davis is entering his ninth year at LeTourneau University and has a 79-123 record with the YellowJackets. Davis came to LeTourneau from Liberty University and the NCAA Division I level where he was the associate coach for three seasons. Prior to coaching at Liberty, Davis was a 15-year head coach at Eastern Wyoming College, a junior college located in Torrington, Wyoming. Davis began his coaching career at the high school level in 1974 and quickly moved up the ladder. He coached the Chinese Junior Olympic Team for eight weeks at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center in 1979-80. He served as an assistant coach at Colorado State University and was a head coach for six years at Chadron State College.
Mike McCarthy is entering his 15th year at Northwestern State University and has a 223213 record with the Demons. McCarthy has a career record of 575-372 in his 30 years as a head coach.
LeTourneau Basketball Exhibition - Northwestern State • 2
No. 1
Name Kurt Morris
Pos. G
2013-14 Numerical Roster Yr. Jr.
Ht. 6-0
Wt. 195
Hometown / Previous School San Francisco, Calif. / Foothill College
2 Josh Thornton G Jr. 6-3 205 DeSoto, Texas / Grace Prep Academy 2012-13: 25 GP/10 GS • 21.6 minutes per game • 6.4 ppg • 2.2 rpg • 1.4 apg • 71.4% FT% • 38.2% FG% 2011-12: 24 GP • 14.9 minutes per game • 4.7 ppg • 1.6 rpg • 63.3% FT% • 31.6% FG% • 20.9% 3 PT% 3 Chris Hynes G So. 5-8 150 Missouri City, Texas / Willowridge HS 2012-13: 26 GP/5 GS • 15.2 minutes per game • 3.0 ppg • 1.5 rpg • 2.8 apg • 47.6% FT% • 44.6% FG% • 52.9% 3PT% 4 Jake Kennedy G So. 6-4 187 Sugarland, Texas / William B. Travis HS 2012-13: 1 GP • 5.0 minutes per game • 1.0 apg 2011-12: 22 GP/4 GS • 14 minutes per game • 3.6 ppg • 1.7 rpg • 60% FT% • 33.3% FG% • 18.2% 3 PT% 11 Aaron Frizell G Jr. 6-0 171 Arlington, Texas / York College 2012-13: 14 GP/1 GS • 4.9 minutes per game • 1.1 ppg • 0.6 rpg • 0.4 apg • 50.0% FT% • 16.7% FG% • 14.3% 3PT% 13
Dwayne Johnson
G
Fr.
5-11
170
Wichita Falls, Texas / York College
14
Lane Scruggs
G
Fr.
6-0
161
Buffalo, Texas / Teague HS
15
Austin Horton
G
Fr.
6-0
202
Cave Creek, Ariz. / Spire Institute / Cactus Shadows HS
22
Chris Walker
G
Fr.
6-0
190
Missouri City, Texas / RCHA
23 Ladaria Brown F So. 6-4 190 Henderson, Texas / Henderson HS 2012-13: 26 GP/25 GS • 30.5 minutes per game • 12.1 ppg • 5.2 rpg • 1.5 apg • 66.7% FT% • 39.5% FG% • 36.8% 3PT% 24
Sage Meggs
G
Fr.
6-3
177
Robinson, Texas / Robinson HS
25 Zach Driver G Jr. 6-3 220 Arp, Texas / Arp HS 2012-13: 11 GP • 5.4 minutes per game • 0.6 ppg • 1.0 rpg • 60% FT% • 28.6% FG% 2011-12: 3 GP • 1 minute per game • 1.0 ppg • 50% FT% • 33.3% FG% 32
Ben Jacobson
F
Jr.
6-5
220
Wilmington, N.C. / Cape Fear CC / Eugene Ashley HS
33
Cameron Ransome
G
Jr.
5-11
180
Los Angeles, Calif. / Allan Hancock College / Santa Monica HS
34 Justin Jones F Sr. 6-5 232 Waxahachie, Texas / Cedar Valley College 2012-13: 26 GP/24 GS • 32.0 minutes per game • 13.4 ppg • 7.6 rpg • 1.3 apg • 60.5% FT% • 51.9% FG% • 26.1% 3PT% 35
Antione Ross
40
Giovanny Thompson
F
Jr.
6-5
221
Mount Pleaseant, Texas / Paris JC
F/C
So.
6-6
213
Spring City, Texas / College of Marin
44 Chad Williams C Sr. 6-8 215 Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Valley College 2012-13: 26 GP/22 GS • 21.8 minutes per game • 8.1 ppg • 4.0 rpg • 0.8 apg • 55.4% FT% • 42.8% FG% • 28.6% 3PT% Head Coach: Bob Davis Assistant Coach: Michael Lewis Athletic Trainer: Portia Phillips Sports Information Director: Danny Kambel Athletic Director: Terri Deike
LeTourneau Basketball Exhibition - Northwestern State • 3 Preseason Prognostications
LeTourneau has been picked to finish ninth in the American Southwest Conference after a vote by the league’s head coaches, sports information directors and media members. Rank 1. Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) 2. Texas-Dallas (2) 3. Concordia Texas (3) 4. Texas-Tyler 5. Hardin-Simmons 6. East Texas Baptist 7. Mississippi College 8. Louisiana College 9. LeTourneau 10. Howard Payne 11. Sul Ross State 12. Ozarks (First-place votes)
(Pts.) 297 276 265 215 199 127 122 118 116 93 62 50
2013 Record (ASC) 27-6/ (17-2) 20-7/ (14-5) 24-6/ (15-4) 18-8/ (13-6) 16-11/ (12-7) 9-16/ (5-14) 15-11/ (11-8) 8-13/ (8-11) 11-15/ (10-9) 8-17/ (6-13) 5-20/ (4-15) 7-18/ (4-15)
Scheduling Note #1
Friday night’s contest against Northwestern State will count in the win-loss ledger for the host Demons. Meanwhile, the contest serves as an exhibition game for the YellowJackets. Scheduling Note #2
The 2014 season marks the 18th year of play in the American Southwest Conference in league history and the first to begin play without an East and West Division. Regular season play begins Nov. 15. The three-day, eight-team, single-elimination conference tournament is slated for February 28-March 2 at the site of the No. 1 seed and an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship will be on the line. All-ASC Performers Return
Three of the four YellowJackets, who earned post-season recognition in 2012-13 from the American Southwest Conference return for LeTourneau. Justin Jones, who was named First Team All-ASC East, Ladaria Brown, who was picked Second Team All-ASC East, and and Chris Hynes was named to All-Freshman Team lead the returnees for the 2013-14 YellowJackets.
Hynes Attends Annual ASC SAAC Meeting
Sophomore Chris Hynes, who serves as the vice president of the LeTourneau University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Earlier this fall, Hynes and president Kayla Bonina, a senior on the women’s tennis team attended the annual American Southwest Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee meeting in Dallas. Home Sweet Home
The YellowJackets recorded eight wins at home in 2012-13. The eight wins were the most since they were victorious eight times in 2008-09. Double the Fun
Justin Jones recorded five double-double performances to lead the YellowJackets, teammate Ladaria Brown had four double double performances. An Eye on the Post-Season
The YellowJackets advanced to the 201213 ASC Basketball Tournament for the first time since 2008-09. Reunion in Longview
York College teammates Dwayne Johnson and Aaron Frizell have reunited at LeTourneau. Also, Chad Williams and Justin Jones were teammates at Cedar Valley College in Lancaster, Texas. At Cedar Valley College, the two teamed up to a second-place finish at the NJCAA Division III Championships in 2012.
Former YellowJacket Earns Recognition
Cristian Driver, a four-year member of the LeTourneau University men’s basketball team from Humble, Texas, was recently named the 2013 Student Teacher of the Year by the Texas Directors of Field Experiences this week in San Antonio. Driver is the fourth student teacher of the year who has graduated from LETU’s teacher preparation program since 1997 to win this distinction. Driver, who graduated in May with his bachelor’s degree in mathematics education, is certified to teach grades 8-12 math. He is now employed teaching algebra at Manvel High School in the Alvin Independent School District near Houston, where he also coaches track and basketball. Assistant Coach Leads LETU Men’s XC Team to NCAA Regionals
Assistsant Men’s Basketball Coach Michael Lewis recently led the LeTourneau University men’s cross country team to its best finish in school history at the ASC Championships. The YellowJackets finished second at the meet and will compete on Friday, Nov. 15 at the NCAA South/Southwest Regional Meet in Newport News, Virginia.
LeTourneau Basketball Exhibition - Northwestern State • 2
2012-13 Statistics
LeTourneau Men's Basketball 2012-13 LeTourneau Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 07, 2013) All games Overall record: 11-15 Conf: 10-9 Home: 8-5 Away: 3-9 Neutral: 0-1 Total ##
Player
gp-gs
01 Deitrich Williams 02 Josh Thornton 03 Chris Hynes
04 Jake Kennedy 11 Aaron Frizell
13 Brandon Harris 14 Josh Waddy
15 Franco Muniz 22 Will House
23 Ladaria Brown 24 Cristian Driver 25 Zach Driver 32 Paul All
33 Cameron Skief 34 Justin Jones
35 Kendrae Carter 40 John Burkhart
44 Chad Williams
Team Total.......... Opponents......
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods LeTourneau Opponents
min
25-20 25-10 26-5 1-0 14-1 11-0 3-0 9-0 4-0 26-25 26-14 11-0 23-1 5-0 26-24 22-3 4-0 26-22
679 539 396 5 69 28 29 16 5 792 673 59 178 9 831 397 7 566
26 26
5278
avg
27.2 21.6 15.2 5.0 4.9 2.5 9.7 1.8 1.3 30.5 25.9 5.4 7.7 1.8 32.0 18.0 1.8 21.8
5295
LETU 1779 68.4 -5.2 648-1535 .422 131-425 .308 5.0 352-550 .640 13.5 979 37.7 -1.8 363 14.0 430 16.5 -2.5 0.8 172 6.6 52 2.0 2129 13-164 -
1st 2nd 800 960 886 1001
fg-fga
59-164 63-165 29-65 0-0 5-30 5-14 5-6 1-6 0-1 100-253 61-160 2-7 23-44 1-4 147-283 60-129 1-3 86-201
3-Point fg% 3fg-fga
.360 17-61 .382 9-50 .446 9-17 .000 0-0 .167 2-14 .357 0-0 .833 1-2 .167 0-0 .000 0-1 .395 42-114 .381 33-100 .286 0-1 .523 0-0 .250 0-0 .519 6-23 .465 4-13 .333 0-1 .428 8-28
F-Throw 3fg%
OT Totals 19 1779 26 1913
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80-113 25-35 10-21 0-0 3-6 2-4 0-0 1-2 0-0 72-108 37-53 3-5 1-9 0-0 49-81 37-53 1-4 31-56
Rebounds ft%
Date 11/16/12 11/24/12 11/26/12 11/29/12 12/01/12 12/03/12 12/06/12 12/08/12 12/14/12 12/15/12 12/28/12 12/31/12 01/05/13 01/10/13 01/12/13 01/17/13 01/19/13 01/24/13 01/26/13 01/31/13 02/02/13 02/07/13 02/09/13 02/14/13 02/16/13 02/22/13
.708 .714 .476 .000 .500 .500 .000 .500 .000 .667 .698 .600 .111 .000 .605 .698 .250 .554
off
9 12 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 33 25 3 10 0 69 37 0 40 30 648-1535 .422 131-425 .308 352-550 .640 280 678-1582 .429 147-505 .291 410-643 .638 325 OPP 1913 73.6 678-1582 .429 147-505 .291 5.7 410-643 .638 15.8 1026 39.5 340 13.1 366 14.1 0.9 234 9.0 59 2.3 6214 12-495 1-279
.279 .180 .529 .000 .143 .000 .500 .000 .000 .368 .330 .000 .000 .000 .261 .308 .000 .286
ft-fta
def
tot
84 93 44 56 33 38 0 0 4 9 1 2 1 1 3 4 0 0 103 136 95 120 8 11 31 41 1 1 129 198 45 82 1 1 64 104 52 82 699 979 701 1026
avg
3.7 2.2 1.5 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 5.2 4.6 1.0 1.8 0.2 7.6 3.7 0.3 4.0
3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3
a
82 35 73 1 5 5 3 1 0 38 42 0 9 0 35 14 0 20
to blk stl
66 46 55 0 17 2 7 0 1 37 62 1 19 1 49 26 1 38 2 37.7 532 16 363 430 39.5 496 - 340 366
Opponent PAUL QUINN TEXAS LUTHERAN PAUL QUINN at Concordia at Mary Hardin-Baylor at Centenary College SUL ROSS ST. HOWARD PAYNE at Schreiner University at Texas Lutheran HOWARD PAYNE at Northwestern State HARDIN-SIMMONS LOUISIANA COLLEGE MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE at East Texas Baptist at Texas-Tyler TEXAS-DALLAS OZARKS at Mississippi College at Louisiana College TEXAS-TYLER EAST TEXAS BAPTIST at Univ. of the Ozarks at Texas Dallas vs Mary Hardin-Baylor
* - Conference game
pf dq
66 52 41 1 12 1 4 5 4 61 66 6 14 3 62 48 1 85
L W Lot L L L W W W L L L Lot W Wot W L W W L L L W W L L
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 1 7 1 1 27
35 13 22 0 4 2 2 2 0 38 23 1 4 0 14 4 1 7
pts
avg
215 160 77 0 15 12 11 3 0 314 192 7 47 2 349 161 3 211
8.6 6.4 3.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 3.7 0.3 0.0 12.1 7.4 0.6 2.0 0.4 13.4 7.3 0.8 8.1
52 172 1779 59 234 1913
68.4 73.6
Score 112-125 65-60 111-119 78-95 58-64 54-57 74-70 68-50 71-65 56-61 79-91 52-102 78-79 67-62 81-79 64-58 68-89 45-44 65-53 43-69 66-78 59-62 74-68 82-76 55-76 54-61
Att. 0 0 0 250 850 392 0 0 150 355 135 515 202 275 0 603 584 229 277 832 700 538 473 215 489 279
