NEW ORLEANS – Season tickets are on sale for the New Orleans Privateers men's and women's basketball programs. This year will mark the 10
th under both coaches,
Mark Slessinger and
Keeshawn Davenport. It will also be the first with a brand new court design, which was unveiled in July.
To reserve your seats, call (504)-280-GAME to purchase. Seating information can be found
here.
The women's basketball team will feature nine new student-athletes after a season that saw them win 17 games, the most in program history since 1992-93. Coach Davenport's group also accrued a 13-7 record in conference.
There are five returners:
Mia Deck was the third on the team in scoring as a freshman.
Dionjhae Thomas started 21 of 29 games last season and led the team in assists.
Traya Bruce,
Jada Duncantell, and
Mary Delgado also return for this season.
The men's basketball team returns three student-athletes with at least 14 starts last season in
Troy Green,
Jahmel Myers, and
Lamont Berzat. Also returning off injury-plagued 2019 campaigns are
Damion Rosser and Larry Robinson. Also,
Ahren Freeman and
Rodney Carson Jr., who logged key minutes as true freshmen, return for this season.
Coach Sless has coached in the most games in program history and is second in program history in wins coming into this year.