KATY, Texas – The University of New Orleans (17-12) officially tips off the 2019 Southland Conference Tournament Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Merrell Center versus the winner of Lamar/HBU.
Concluding the season 12-6 in league play, the Privateers go for their second tournament title in three seasons. UNO has won its first game at the Merrell Center in each of the previous two seasons.
TOURNAMENT PLAY
• As the No. 4 seed, UNO received a single-bye into the quarterfinals of the Southland Conference Tournament.
• The last time New Orleans received a bye in Katy was 2017, when the Privateers went 2-0 en route to the first conference tournament title since 1996.
• Last season, the Privateers defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 83-76 in the first round of the tournament (No. 5).
• Below is the breakdown in Katy...
OVERALL: 4-3
2015
March 11 vs. Nicholls (W, 82-73)
March 12 vs. A&M-Corpus Christi (L, 58-61)
2016
March 9 vs. Southeastern (L, 74-84)
2017
March 10 vs Sam Houston State (W, 75-63)
March 11 vs. A&M-Corpus Christi (W, 68-65OT)
2018
March 7 vs. A&M-Corpus Christi (W, 83-76)
March 8 vs. Sam Houston State (L, 63-85)
TICKETS
Purchase your tickets to the 2019 Southland Conference Tournament in Katy, Texas March 14-16 by visiting
UNOPrivateers.com/SLC. Full books for all sessions are just $80.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Game Notes:
http://unoprivateers.com/sports/2017/11/6/mens-basketball-game-notes.aspx
Live Stats:
https://southland.org/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Audio:
http://unoprivateers.com/watch/
Video:
http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/daa50ae7-f685-44c5-8b03-498529c8a150/southland-mens-basketball-tournament4p8MBpoQ%3D&reserved=0
Social Media
Twitter:
@PrivateersMBB
Instagram:
@PrivateersMBB
Facebook:
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IN DOUBLEHEADERS
It'll be a familiar feeling for UNO as the Privateers will follow their women's team, who will be taking on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 1:30 p.m. In doubleheader games this season, the men are 7-2.
ALL CONFERENCE
Gerrale Gates made history Monday when the Charlotte native received Southland Freshman of the Year honors. Gates became the third Privateer to earn conference freshman of the year honors joining
Tory Walker (1998) and
Bo McCalebb (2004). It is the third individual award for the Privateers following the 2017 Southland Player of the Year and Coach of the Year accolades for
Erik Thomas and
Mark Slessinger, respectively.
Ezekiel Charles received third-team honors after leading the team in scoring and rebounding before an injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season.
Charles led the Privateers with 12.9 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Zeke was steady, scoring in double figures in 16 games, including four 20+-point outings. The senior poured in a career-high 31 in a victory at Northwestern State (Feb. 6) and finished with his first career double-double vs. HBU (Jan. 5) with 19 points and 11 rebounds. He collected five steals twice, including his second to last game (at NSU). For his career, Charles averaged 9.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and shot 41.5 percent from three-point range, the second-best mark in program history, behind
Gabe Corchiani's 46.4 percent clip.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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PrivateerAthletics YouTube channel.
