NORTHWESTERN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

NORTHWESTERN STATE WOMEN¡¯S BASKETBALL

Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 ? 1998-99 ? 2003-04

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1989 ? 2004 ? 2014 ? 2015

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Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004, 2014, 2015

WNIT Appearances: 1986 ? 1993 ? 1995 ? 1999

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at Arkansas

Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 ? 10:30 a.m.

Fayetteville, Arkansas ? Bud Walton Arena (19,368)

2018-19 SCHEDULE

November

9

at Arkansas

12

LETOURNEAU

15

at Oklahoma

20

ALCORN

24

LOYOLA-NEW ORLEANS

27

at Southern Miss

December

2

ULM

8

CENTENARY

16

at Alabama

20

CENTRAL BAPTIST

29

at Texas

MATCHUP

10:30 a.m.

12 p.m.

7 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

6 p.m.

2 p.m.

1 p.m.

2 p.m.

1 p.m.

1 p.m.

Northwestern State

Arkansas

Record: 0-0

Head Coach: Jordan Dupuy

Career Record: 20-39 (3rd season)

Northwestern State Record: 20-39 (3rd season)

Record vs. Arkansas: 0-1

Record: 0-0

Head Coach: Mike Neighbors

Career Record: 111-59 (6th season)

Arkansas Record: 13-18 (2nd season)

Lady Demons

Razorbacks

RADIO

TV

Demon Sports Network (100.7-FM Natchitoches, )

PXP: Jason Pugh

SEC Network Plus

TIPOFF

? Northwestern State opens the third season of the Jordan Dupuy era in the same state where it played its

final game of the 2017-18. NSU, which closed this past season at Central Arkansas, last opened a season in

the same state it closed its previous campaign across the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons (home vs. Stephen F.

Austin, at New Orleans).

? Today¡¯s game marks the first of back-to-back early tipoffs for Northwestern State, which will host LeTourneau

in a noon matchup on Monday.

? It also marks the second straight season the Lady Demons have started the season on the road against a

Southeastern Conference opponents. NSU tipped of the 2017-18 season with a 71-44 loss at Ole Miss.

? Northwestern State had its streak of season-opening wins snapped at five with that loss at Ole Miss.

January

2

5

9

12

19

23

26

30

*at Nicholls

*McNEESE

*at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

*at Stephen F. Austin

*ABILENE CHRISTIAN

*at Sam Houston State

*SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

*NEW ORLEANS

6 p.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

February

2

6

9

13

16

21

27

*at Central Arkansas

*at New Orleans

*at McNeese

*LAMAR

*STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

*HOUSTON BAPTIST

*at Incarnate Word

2 p.m.

7 p.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

? Arkansas returns 10 letterwinners from its 2017-18 squad and adds Oklahoma transfer Chelsea Dungee and

freshmen Alexis Tolefree and Rokie Doumbia to its roster.

? The Razorbacks have 80.3 percent of their scoring and 86.1 percent of their rebounding returning, including

leading scorer Malica Monk (15.9 ppg) and top rebounder Kiara Williams (6.8 rpg).

? This is the sixth straight season Arkansas will host a Southland Conference team in its season opener.

March

2

6

9

14-17

*at Southeastern Louisiana

*NICHOLLS

*CENTRAL ARKANSAS

SLC Tournament

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

TBA

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (17-18 STATS)

* Southland Conference Game

^ SLC Tournament (Katy, Texas)

BOLD - Home Game

Sami

THOMAS

Nautica

GRANT

Jasmyn

JOHNSON

Jocelyn

SCOTT

Libba

GILLIAM

G ? Sr. ? 5-5

G ? Sr. ? 5-5

G/F ? Jr. ? 5-8

F ? Jr. ? 5-11

F ? Sr. ? 6-1

GP/GS.................................. 0/0

PPG......................................0.0

RBD......................................0.0

AST.......................................0.0

BLK......................................0.0

STL.......................................0.0

MIN......................................0.0

GP/GS...............................24/18

PPG......................................9.1

RBD......................................2.5

AST.......................................2.3

BLK......................................0.0

STL.......................................1.0

MIN....................................28.9

GP/GS...............................26/15

PPG......................................6.8

RBD......................................2.8

AST.......................................1.9

BLK......................................0.3

STL.......................................1.8

MIN....................................23.5

GP/GS...............................29/23

PPG......................................7.8

RBD......................................3.4

AST.......................................1.2

BLK......................................0.1

STL.......................................1.1

MIN....................................26.7

GP/GS...............................24/18

PPG....................................10.7

RBD......................................4.6

AST.......................................1.0

BLK......................................0.6

STL.......................................0.8

MIN....................................25.7

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

Name: Northwestern State

Founded: 1884, as Louisiana Normal

Location: Natchitoches, La.

Enrollment: 10,572

Nickname: Lady Demons

Colors: Purple, White, and orange trim

Print Specs: Purple (492f92)/Orange (f78426)

Affiliation: NCAA Division I, Southland Conference

President: Dr. Chris Maggio

Director of Athletics: Greg Burke

TEAM INFORMATION

2017-18 Overall Record: 7-22

2017-18 Southland Record/Finish: 2-16/12th

2017-18 Postseaon: None

Letterman Returning/Lost: 9/3

Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0

-Starters Returning:

? Leah Barnes (26-16, 5.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.5 spg)

? Gabby Bell (27-26, 5.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.4 apg)

? Libba Gilliam (24-18, 10.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.3 apg)

? Nautica Grant (24-16, 9.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.3 apg)

? Jocelyn Scott (29-23, 7.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.2 apg)

-Starters Lost: None

Newcomers: 5

First Year of Basketball: 1974-75

Joined Southland Conference: 1987-88

All-Time Record: 774-518

Southland Conference Record/Years: 316-208/31

Southland Conference Titles: 3 (94-95, 98-99, 03-04)

Southland Tournament Titles: 3 (2004, 2014, 2015)

NCAA Appearances: 4 (1989, 2004,2014, 2015)

WNIT Appeanances: 4 (1986, 1993, 1995, 1999)

WBI Appearances: 1 (2016)

COACHING INFORMATION

Head Coach: Jordan Dupuy (Southern Miss, 2002)

Overall Coaching Record/Years: 20-39/3

NSU Coaching Record/Years: 20-39/3

Associate Head Coach: Deneen Parker (Stephen F. Austin, 1994)

Assistant Coach: Aaron A. Swinson (Auburn, 2005)

Assistant Coach: Nicole Mitchell (Christopher Newport, 2014)

Athletic Trainer: Kolleen Brown (Morrisville State, 2014)

SPORTS INFORMATION

Director: Doug Ireland

Assistant Directors: Jason Pugh (WBB Contact); Matt Vines

Adminisrative Assistant: Ronnette Pellegrin

Office Phone: (318) 357-6467

Pugh¡¯s Cell: (318) 663-5701

Pugh¡¯s Email: pughj@nsula.edu

Athletics Website:

WBB Twitter: @NSUDemonsWBB

SOCIAL MEDIA

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@JDupuy1082

Facebook:

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3

4

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Name

Nautica Grant

Gabby Bell

Nia Randall

Jada Freeman

Lacee Savage

Sami Thomas

Victoria Miller

Jasmyn Johnson

Leah Barnes

Anna Bohnam

Libba Gilliam

Jocelyn Scott

Game 1 ? at Arkansas ? Nov. 9, 2018

NORTHWESTERN STATE ROSTER

Pos. Ht.

Cl.-Exp. Hometown/Previous School

G

5-5

Sr.-1L

Dallas, Texas/Tyler JC

G

5-4

So.-1L Arlington, Texas/Martin HS

G

5-7

So.-1L Garland, Texas/Garland HS

G

5-8

Fr.-HS Coppell, Texas/Ranchview HS

F

6-0

Fr.-HS League City, Texas/Clear Creek HS

G

5-5

Sr.-3L

Leesville, La./Pickering HS

F/C 6-0

So.-1L Carrollton, Texas/Hebron HS

F

5-8

So.-1L West Monroe, La./West Monroe HS

F

6-1

Jr.-TR

Richfield, Minn./North Dakota State College of Science

G

5-8

Fr.-HS Skiatook, Okla./Skiatook HS

F

6-1

Jr.-2L

Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy

F

5-11 So.-1L McKinney, Texas/McKinney North HS

Head Coach: Jordan Dupuy (Southern Miss, 2002)

Associate Head Coach: Deneen Parker (Stephen F. Austin, 1994)

Assistant Coach: Aaron A. Swinson (Auburn, 2005)

Assistant Coach: Nicole Mitchell (Christopher Newport, 2014)

Pronuncation Guide

KIRA Bonner: KEER-uh

Jordan DUPUY: DOO-pwee

Libba GILLIAM: GILL-uhm

RaVON Nero: RAY-vohn

JOCELYN Scott: JOSS-lynn

SKIATOOK: SKY-ah-took

NATCHITOCHES: NACK-uh-dish

THE SERIES WITH ARKANSAS

Northwestern State enjoyed some early success against Arkansas when the teams met yearly from 1980-1984.

NSU captured two of its three wins in the 15-game series in the first three meetings, scoring a 73-62 victory during

the 1980-81 season in Natchitoches and adding a 62-58 triumph in 1982-83 in Natchitoches.

Arkansas has had the upper hand, winning the past nine meetings, including a 65-36 victory in the most recent

matchup, a Dec. 18, 2016, matinee in Fayetteville.

THOMAS READY TO MAKE RETURN TO COURT

Point guard Sami Thomas is expected to start against Arkansas on Friday. The start itself is not news as Thomas, a

fifth-year senior, has started 18 games in her career, including 17 in her junior season of 2016-17.

That year was the last time Thomas suited up as a player. During a Feb. 18, 2017, loss to Abilene Christian, Thomas

suffered a knee injury that cost her the final five games of that season as well as the entire 2017-18 season.

Whenever Thomas steps on the Bud Walton Arena floor, it will mark the first time she has seen game action in 630

days.

CAN LADY DEMONS EXTEND RUN OF 30-POINT SCORERS?

Beginning with Janelle Perez in the 2014-15, Northwestern State has had at least one player score at least 30 points

in a game in each of the past four seasons.

Perez reached the 30-point plateau twice that season as Northwestern State captured its second straight Southland

Conference Tournament championship. A year later, Perez tallied 30 points in a Southland tournament semifinal loss to

Sam Houston State.

In 2016-17, Beatrice Attura and Cheyenne Brown twice went for at least 30 points in the same game while Attura

added two more 30-point performances.

Most recently, Libba Gilliam enjoyed a career day at Southeastern Louisiana on Jan. 20, hitting 9 of 14 shots and

finishing with 30 points in a 71-65 loss to the Lady Lions.

EARLY TO RISE FOR LADY DEMONS IN EARLY SEASON

Northwestern State¡¯s first two games of the season may not have any more different opponents in Southeastern

Conference foe Arkansas and NCAA Division III member LeTourneau.

However, they will both be early starts. After tipping off the season at 10:30 a.m. against Arkansas, the Lady Demons

will start at noon against LeTourneau in NSU¡¯s home opener. Both games are designated ¡°School Day¡± games, allowing

children to come to the games during the day.

BUD WALTON ARENA FAMILIAR FOR SEVERAL LADY DEMONS

With a veteran roster, it is no surprise numerous Lady Demons saw action two seasons ago when Northwestern State

visited Arkansas.

Sami Thomas, Victoria Miller, Jocelyn Scott, Gabby Bell, Libba Gilliam and Jasmyn Johnson all saw action in

that game. Thomas is the lone current Lady Demon to play at Arkansas more than once. In her freshman season of 201415, Thomas sank all four of her free throw attempts in a 78-30 Arkansas victory.

Game 1 ? at Arkansas ? Nov. 9, 2018

NORTHWESTERN STATE, ARKANSAS SHARE DIAMOND TIES

NSU

UA

Northwestern States reputation as one of the cradles of college baseball head coaches has a direct tie to Arkansas.

Scoring 1642

1924

Current Razorbacks head coach Dave Van Horn was the Demons¡¯ head coach for three seasons from 1994-97, captur?Points per game

56.6

64.1

ing two Southland Conference titles while ringing up an overall record of 106-65, a .620 winning percentage.

? Scoring Margin

-7.6

+3.7

Van Horn led the Razorbacks a national runner-up finish in 2018, falling to Oregon State in three games of the Colleg

World Series finals.

Field Goals - Att. 589-1557

719-1807

? Field Goal Percentage

37.8

39.8

Today¡¯s women¡¯s basketball matchup is the first of two athletic meetings between NSU and Arkansas as the Demons

3-Point FG - Att.

156-504

177-535

baseball team will visit Baum Stadium for two games in April.

TEAM COMPARISON (17-18 STATS)

? 3-point FG pct.

? 3-point FG made per game

31.0

5.4

33.1

5.9

BUILDING BLOCKS IN PLACE FOR GILLIAM, SCOTT, JOHNSON

In each of the past two seasons, senior forward Libba Gilliam has seen her scoring average raise by at least five

Free Throws - Att.

308-452

309-465

? Free Throw pct.

68.1

66.5

points per game. After averaging 0.6 points per game in her freshman year, Gilliam shot up to 5.7 points per game during

? FT made per game

10.6

10.3

her sophomore season before cracking the double-figure scoring mark as a junior, averaging 10.7 points per game.

Gilliam hardly was alone in seeing her points per game total rise from 2016-17 to 2017-18.

Rebounds 937

1150

Current juniors Jocelyn Scott and Jasmyn Johnson also increased their scoring averages by at least five points.

? Rebounds per game

32.3

38.3

Rebounding margin

-5.3

+2.1

Behind a late-season surge in which she averaged 16 points across Northwestern State¡¯s final three games, Scott

bumped her scoring average to 7.8 points per game, a 5.7-point jump from her freshman season.

Assists 394

376

From start to finish, Johnson was one of Northwestern State¡¯s most improved players, and it showed in her scoring

? Assists per game

13.6

12.5

average.

One year after averaging 1.2 points per game, Johnson added 5.6 points per game to her average, tallying 6.8

points per game in 2017-18.

Turnovers 600

434

? Turnovers per game

20.7

14.5

? Turnover margin

+0.0

+0.6

LADY DEMONS SPREAD OUT DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING

? Assist/Turnover ratio

0.7

0.9

In Jordan Dupuy¡¯s first two seasons at Northwestern State, the Lady Demons¡¯ offensive attack has resembled that

of 20th-year NSU men¡¯s coach Mike McConathy¡¯s best teams. That is, in any given game, an NSU player was a threat to

Steals 291

223

reach double figures in points.

? Steals per game

10.1

7.4

Blocks 72

?Blocks per game

2.5

Scoring (PPG)

Rebounding (RPG)

Assists (APG)

Blocks (BPG)

Steals (SPG)

TEAM LEADERS

Gilliam (10.7)

Gilliam (4.6)

Bell (4.4)

Youngblood (0.7)

Johnson (1.8)

114

3.8

Monk (15.9)

Jackson (6.4)

Mason (3.1)

Cooley (0.9)

Monk (2.3)

TEAM SERIES

1980-81

1981-82

1982-83

Arkansas leads 12-3

1983-84

1992-93

1993-94

1995-96

1998-99

Dec. 6, 2002

Dec. 18, 2003

Dec. 13, 2007

Dec. 21, 2012

Dec. 7, 2013

Nov. 23, 2014

Dec. 18, 2016

* -- at Houston

! -- at Hot Springs, Arkansas

at Northwestern State 73, Arkansas 62

at Arkansas 78, Northwestern State 64

at Northwestern State 62, Arkansas 58

at Arkansas 86, Northwestern State 76

at Arkansas 75, Northwestern State 73

at Northwestern State 77, Arkansas 62

at Arkansas 85, Northwestern State 74

at Arkansas 84, Northwestern State 83

at Arkansas 78, Northwestern State 60

*Arkansas 79, Northwestern State 60

!Arkansas 78, Northwestern State 62

at Arkansas 59, Northwestern State 43

at Arkansas 80, Northwestern State 41

at Arkansas 74, Northwestern State 53

at Arkansas 78, Northwestern State 30

at Arkansas 65, Northwestern State 36

Longest win streak: Arkansas W9 (1982-present)

Current streak: Arkansas W9

Series in Natchitoches: NSU leads 3-0

Series in Fayetteville: Arkansas leads 10-0

Series at neutral sites: Arkansas leads 2-0

In Dupuy¡¯s first season, eight players had at least one double-figure-scoring game. That number increased to 11 in

Dupuy¡¯s second season. All but two players on the Lady Demons roster topped 10 points in a game.

Among that group, five different Lady Demons reached the 20-point mark in the 2017-18 season.

LIBBA AT THE LINE HAS BEEN MONEY

While the Lady Demons have not shot particularly well from the free-throw line as a team, junior forward Libba

Gilliam has continued to display a deft touch from the charity stripe.

Gilliam connected on all seven of her free throws as a freshman and started her sophomore season by sinking 16

straight free throws. Gilliam hit 40 of 47 freebies during the 2016-17 season, good for an 85.1 percent clip. Through two

seasons, Gilliam was an 87 percent free-throw shooter.

It was more of the same in her junior season. Gilliam started the season by hitting her first 41 free throws of the

season before finishing the season 56 of 59 (94.9 percent). For her career, Gilliam is a 91.2 percent free throw shooter.

Opponent (Lineup number)

at Arkansas

LeTourneau

at Oklahoma

Alcorn

Loyola-New Orleans

at Southern Miss

ULM

Centenary

at Alabama

Central Baptist

at Texas

at Nicholls

McNeese

at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

at Stephen F. Austin

Abilene Christian

at Sam Houston State

Southeastern Louisiana

New Orleans

at Central Arkansas

at New Orleans

at McNeese

Lamar

Stephen F. Austin

Houston Baptist

at Incarnate Word

at Southeastern Louisiana

Nicholls

Central Arkansas

Result

Game-by-Game Starters

Record with lineup

1

2

3

4

5

Game 1 ? at Arkansas ? Nov. 9, 2018

MISCELLANEOUS STATS

DOUBLE-DOUBLES

Career

18-19

Streak

Libba Gilliam

1

Jocelyn Scott

1

Last Time Out...

Current

Streak

-

Career

2

1

17-18

-

Career

2

1

1

1

Current

Streak

1

1

-

Career

20

12

6

6

5

4

3

2

1

1

18-19

-

Career

2

2

1

17-18

-

Career

8

5

4

3

2

2

1

1

18-19

-

Career

10

7

8

4

2

2

2

2

1

Opponents 862

29.7

20+ POINT SCORING GAMES

Libba Gilliam

Nautica Grant

Jasmyn Johnson

Jocelyn Scott

DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES

Career

18-19

Streak

Libba Gilliam

4

Nautica Grant

7

Jasmyn Johnson

2

Jocelyn Scott

2

Sami Thomas

2

Gabby Bell

2

Victoria Miller

1

Nia Randall

2

Leah Barnes

1

Jada Freeman

1

DOUBLE-FIGURE REBOUNDING GAMES

Libba Gilliam

Victoria Miller

Jocelyn Scott

LEADING SCORER

Libba Gilliam

Nautica Grant

Jocelyn Scott

Jasmyn Johnson

Leah Barnes

Gabby Bell

Victoria Miller

Sami Thomas

LEADING REBOUNDER

Libba Gilliam

Gabby Bell

Jocelyn Scott

Victoria Miller

Leah Barnes

Jasmyn Johnson

Lacee Savage

Sami Thomas

Jada Freeman

CONWAY, Ark. ¨C Central Arkansas ranks just a notch off the NCAA lead in scoring defense, which explained a fair share of Northwestern State¡¯s struggles Saturday in a season-ending 59-39 Southland Conference women¡¯s basketball loss.

NSU, finishing 7-22 overall and 2-16 in an injury-riddled season, managed only 15 points in the first half when it didn¡¯t score for

9:40 bridging the first and second quarters as UCA grabbed a double-digit lead to stay.

UCA (21-8, 14-4) heads into next week¡¯s Southland Tournament as the No. 3 seed, while the Lady Demons didn¡¯t qualify for the

eight-team field for the first time in six seasons.

Averaging 20 turnovers a game, NSU already had 14 by halftime as the Sugar Bears mounted a suffocating, physical defense.

¡°UCA does a great job defensively. That¡¯s well established and give them credit for a lot of our problems today,¡± said second-year

Lady Demons coach Jordan Dupuy. ¡°But we only got up 33 shots. We had 24 turnovers and too many of them were not due to great

defense. Turnovers have been a big problem for us all season.¡±

Gabby Bell scored a team-high 10 points, hitting 3-of-4 on 3-pointers, for an NSU squad that was 6-for-14 behind the arc but

only 6-of-21 inside it. NSU shot 36 percent overall while making all nine of its free throws, five in the fourth period.

UCA got 17 points by Taylor Baudoin and 15 points from Kamry Orr, with an overall 40 percent accuracy rate helped by sinking

17-of-24 at the free throw line. The Sugar Bears doubled up the visitors 16-8 in the first period, led 29-15 at the break and the Lady

Demons never got closer afterward.

¡°It¡¯s been a frustrating season for us fighting injury after injury, and that never allowed us to develop any consistency because

there were different players unavailable week in and week out,¡± said Dupuy.

¡°The benefit of it is that the ones who were healthy got to play more, which will help us next year, considering Tia Youngblood is

our only senior. We really appreciate her efforts for four years in this program, and also, how our fans have hung with us and been so

encouraging. That has been really special for this team and these coaches.¡±

The Lady Demons played significant portions of the season without their four top performers, playing nearly all year without

preseason All-Southland forward Cheyenne Brown due to a knee injury and related problems. Dupuy and his program began looking

forward shortly after Saturday¡¯s final buzzer.

¡°We end our season today and we already are working very hard on next year,¡± he said. ¡°While we¡¯re doing everything we can

to get better, through offseason and recruiting work, we also will spend a lot of time this spring supporting baseball, softball, tennis

and track and field. We are one big family here and it¡¯s going to be fun watching those sports this spring.¡±

Two Games Ago...

THIBODAUX ¨C The Northwestern State women¡¯s basketball team didn¡¯t equal its turnover total from the first meeting of the

season with Nicholls.

Still, the multitude of mistakes by the Lady Demons added up to an 85-53 Southland Conference loss to the homestanding

LEADER IN ASSISTS

Colonels on Wednesday night at Stopher Gymnasium.

18-19

Career

¡°We didn¡¯t play with any pride tonight, any passion,¡± second-year head coach Jordan Dupuy said. ¡°That¡¯s what we talked about

Gabby Bell

19

before the game. Our theme for this game was to have no regrets. Honestly, there¡¯s no one who can have that mentality. They beat us

Nautica Grant

6

Sami Thomas

5

to every loose ball. They wanted to play, and they played hard.¡±

Libba Gilliam

1

The Lady Demons (7-21, 2-15) dropped their seventh straight game thanks in large part to 24 turnovers, which led to a 21-12

Jasmyn Johnson

1

Nia Randall

1

advantage in points off turnovers for Nicholls (15-13, 10-7). In the first meeting between the teams on Dec. 28, the Lady Demons

Lacee Savage

1

surrendered 31 turnovers.

Jocelyn Scott

1

The Colonels also controlled the glass, outrebounding Northwestern State by 21, grabbing 21 offensive rebounds.

¡°It¡¯s a will; it¡¯s mental toughness,¡± Dupuy said of rebounding. ¡°That kind of explains what we¡¯ve been fighting all year. It¡¯s right

there in the statistics.¡±

While Nicholls won most of the loose balls Wednesday night, the Colonels also executed sharply on offense. Nicholls shot 57.1

percent from the field in the first half to open a 22-point lead at halftime.

In games against New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana, the Lady Demons were able to slow Randi Brown and Taylin Underwood, two of the Southland¡¯s top scorers. Northwestern State had little answer for the SLC¡¯s third-leading scorer, Cassidy Barrios, on

Wednesday.

Barrios finished with game highs in points (17), rebounds (11), steals (5) and blocks (3), producing her second double-double in

two meetings with Northwestern State this season.

She led four Colonels in double figures, joining Tia Charles (16), Tykeria Williams (15) and Marina Lilly (12).

CLASS SCORING (18-19 STATS)

Jocelyn Scott followed up her career-high 26-point performance against Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday by leading North

Points

Percent

Freshmen 174

10.8

western State with 15 points while Libba Gilliam added 11.

Sophomores 649

40.5

Freshman forward Lacee Savage scored seven points and grabbed a team-leading six rebounds for the Lady Demons. AdditionJuniors 692

43.2

Seniors 88

5.5

ally, Savage handed out a career-high three assists to pace Northwestern State.

BENCH SCORING

¡°She was a bright spot,¡± Dupuy said. ¡°I can live with some of the mistakes she made, because she was playing hard. She was

Points

Percent

PG

playing aggressive. There¡¯s times where she doesn¡¯t know what to do, but she¡¯s going hard in doing it. We played a lot of people a lot

Starters

1087

66.2

37.5

Bench

555

33.8

19.1

of minutes tonight. We¡¯re going to continue to develop our young people, and Lacee has a lot of bright moments ahead.¡±

The Lady Demons conclude their season at 3 p.m. Saturday, facing two-time defending Southland champion Central Arkansas

POINTS IN THE PAINT

Points

PG

in

Conway.

Northwestern State

632

21.8

SECOND-CHANCE POINTS

Points

PG

Northwestern State

196

6.8

Opponents 319

11.0

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS

Points

PG

Northwestern State

504

17.3

Opponents 537

18.5

NEW COACHING FACES NEARLY EQUAL NEW PLAYERS

For the first time since taking over the Northwestern State job prior to the 2016-17 season, head coach Jordan

Dupuy has new coaches sitting alongside him on the bench.

Dupuy added Aaron A. Swinson and Nicole Mitchell to his coaching staff as assistants this past offseason. Swinson

most recently was the interim head coach at Prairie View A&M while Mitchell helped lead her alma mater, Christopher

Newport, to a pair of NCAA Division III national tournament appearances in the past two seasons.

Swinson and Mitchell join associate head coach Deneen Parker, who is in her third season on Dupuy¡¯s staff.

The two new coaches are just one fewer than the number of new faces on the Lady Demons¡¯ roster.

Freshmen Anna Bonham and RaVon Nero along with junior college transfer Kira Bonner comprised NSU¡¯s 2018

recruiting class.

Bonham and Nero were the first two Oklahoma prep girls basketball players to sign with Northwestern State.

OPENERS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL TIMES FOR NSU

While Northwestern State dropped its 2017-18 season opener at Ole Miss, the first game of the season often has been

a good time for the Lady Demons.

NSU has won five of its past six season openers and holds a 28-16 mark in season starters. The four-game win streak

between the 2013-14 and 2016-17 seasons was the second-longest in school history behind a seven-game streak from

the 1987-88 season through 1993-94.

Game 1 ? at Arkansas ? Nov. 9, 2018

NSU¡¯S RECORD WHEN...

Winning the Tip

Scoring First

Opponent Scores First

Leads at Halftime

Trails at Halftime

Tied at Halftime

Leading after three quarters

Trailing after three quarters

Tied after three quarters

Leading with five mins. left

Trailing with five mins. left

Tied with five mins. left

Shoots 45% or better

Shoots less than 45%

Opponent shoots 45% or better

Opponent less than 45%

More made 3pt FGs than the opponent

Fewer made 3pt FGs than the opponent

Equal made 3pt FGs as the opponent

Outrebounds the opponent

Outrebounded by the opponent

Ties the opponent in rebounds

Fewer turnovers than the opponent

More turnovers than the opponent

Equal turnovers as the opponent

Scoring 50 points or less

Scoring 51-60 points

Scoring 61-70 points

Scoring 71-80 points

Scoring 81-90 points

Scoring 91-100 points

Allowing 50 points or less

Allowing 51-60 points

Allowing 61-70 points

Allowing 71-80 points

Allowing 81-90 points

Allowing 91-100 points

Decided by 5 points or less

Decided by 6-10 points

Decided by 11 or points or less

Home Games

Road Games

Neutral Sites

Non-SLC Games

Non-SLC Home Games

Non-SLC Away Games

Non-SLC Neutral Games

SLC Games

SLC Home Games

SLC Away Games

SLC Tournament

November Games

December Games

January Games

February Games

March Games

Monday Games

Tuesday Games

Wednesday Games

Thursday Games

Friday Games

Saturday Games

Sunday Games

Overtime Games

TV Games

vs. Ranked Opponents

18-19

0-0

0-0

0-0

6-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

Under Dupuy

10-8

11-11

9-28

17-6

3-32

0-1

16-4

3-35

1-0

16-3

2-36

2-0

13-2

7-37

5-19

15-20

14-14

5-22

1-3

13-2

7-35

0-2

11-11

9-27

0-1

0-15

1-14

4-8

6-2

5-0

4-0

6-0

5-8

5-11

3-13

0-5

1-2

6-5

0-5

6-13

18-12

2-25

0-2

11-11

10-2

1-8

0-1

9-27

8-10

1-17

0-1

6-6

5-8

5-11

4-10

0-4

1-1

1-1

5-11

4-4

2-2

3-17

4-3

1-0

2-11

0-2

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