GAME
BASICS
ULM hosts in-state rival
Southeastern Louisiana on Monday at 7 p.m. inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum. The
Warhawks are coming off an 83-58 loss at UALR on Dec. 1, while the Lions
dropped a 61-58 decision at home to Southeast Missouri State on Dec. 1. The
game can be heard locally on KLIP 105.3 FM in Monroe or online at
ulmwarhawks.com, with
Nick White calling the action.
LAST
GAME: UALR RECAP
• ULM
hung tough in the first half, but UALR scored 51 points after halftime to pick
up an 83-58 victory over the Warhawks on Dec. 1 inside the Jack Stephens
Center. The Trojans took advantage at the free-throw line, where they outscored
the Warhawks 23-7 for the game.
• Junior
forward
Jayon James paced the Warhawks with 15 points and four assists
on 5-of-16 shooting from the field. Junior guard
Marcelis Hansberry
added a season-high 14 points off the bench on 5-of-7 shooting. Junior guard
R.J.
McCray matched James with a team-best four assists and junior forward
Millaun
Brown led the Warhawks with a career-best eight rebounds.
• ULM
shot 38.9 percent from the field and knocked home a season-best nine 3-pointers
on 25 attempts against the Trojans. The Warhawks struggled from the charity
stripe, making just 7 of 17 attempts. ULM also reached 20 turnovers for the
second time this season.
• The
Warhawks opened the scoring and led for the first 13 minutes of the first half,
until Ben Dillard hit his first of three 3-pointers in the game to give
the Trojans a 21-20 lead with 6:51 to play before the break. The 3-pointer was
part of a 9-0 run that gave UALR the lead for good. The Trojans held a 32-27
lead at halftime, then used a 9-1 spurt to begin the second half and put the
game away.
• The
UALR benched outscored ULM's 42-23, paced by a game-high 17 points from
Dillard. Dillard hit three of UALR's 10 3-pointers on the night. He was also
one of three Trojans that made four free throws in the game.
ULM TRENDS
• ULM is averaging 53.8 points and shooting 38.5 percent
from the field and 28.8 percent from 3-point range. The Warhawks have struggled
from the free-throw line, shooting 51.6 percent through the first four games of
the season.
• Junior
guard Amos Olatayo leads the Warhawks with an average of 16.3 points,
6.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game this season. Olatayo has a pair of
21-point scoring games in the Warhawks' first four games. The Alief, Texas,
native is shooting 46.2 percent from the field.
• The
Warhawks have had balanced scoring with six players averaging at least 6.7
points per game so far: Olatayo (16.3), junior forward Jayon James
(9.5), sophomore guard Trent Mackey (8.3), junior forward Millaun
Brown (7.5), junior guard R.J. McCray (7.3) and junior guard Marcelis
Hansberry (6.7). All six players have scored in double figures at least
once this season.
• The
Warhawks had a season-low four steals in their last outing against UALR, but
are still averaging 7.3 takeaways per game this season. Olatayo leads the
Warhawks with seven steals this season.
PREVIEWING SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA
• Southeastern
Louisiana enters Monday with a record of 1-5 and has dropped two straight
games. The Lions lone victory of the season came at home against Louisiana
College (91-49) on Nov. 20. Southeastern Louisiana has road losses at Wisconsin
(87-47), Marquette (64-53), New Mexico State (81-56) and Louisiana Tech (99-62)
and its home loss to Southeast Missouri State (61-58). According to the Pomeroy
Basketball Rankings, the Lions have the second toughest non-conference schedule
in the nation, behind Mississippi Valley State and just ahead of Duke.
• The
Lions average 61.2 points and are shooting 39.5 percent from the field, 28.9
percent from 3-point range and 62.6 percent at the free-throw line.
• Senior
Brandon Fortenberry is the only
Southeastern Louisiana player to average double figures in scoring with 10.2
points per contest. Fortenberry is shooting 38.6 percent (22-of-57) from the
field, 28.6 percent (6-of-21) from 3-point range and 64.7 percent (11-of-17)
from the free-throw line. Dre Evans
ranks second on the team in scoring with 9.2 points per game. Antonnio Benton leads the Lions with
5.8 rebounds per game.
• Jim Yarbrough
is in his eight season as the head coach at Southeastern Louisiana and his 13th
overall as a collegiate head coach. Yarbrough has an overall record of 109-104
at Southeastern Louisiana, including a 19-win season in 2009-10. Prior to
taking over at Southeastern, Yarbrough spent five seasons (2000-05) at Valdosta
State and guided the team to a pair of NCAA Division II Championship
appearances.
ULM-SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA SERIES
Monday will mark the
92nd meeting all-time between ULM and Southeastern Louisiana with the Warhawks
owning a 60-31 advantage in the series. ULM also owns a 37-9 record in games
played in Monroe. Southeastern Louisiana has won the last six meetings, including
a 63-60 victory in Hammond last season. Prior to last season the two teams
hadn't met since ULM left the Southland Conference following the 2006 season.
LAST MEETING AGAINST
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
• Southeastern
Louisiana pushed out to a 12-point halftime lead and held on for a 63-60
victory over ULM on Nov. 19, 2011 at the University Center in Hammond. ULM
rallied with a 10-0 run midway through the second half to cut a 14-point
deficit to four at 47-43 with 9:39 remaining.
• ULM
never led in the second half, but got to within one in the final minute. After
a pair of Daron Populist free throws
gave the Lions a 63-60 lead with 5.7 seconds remaining, ULM's Fred Brown had his 3-point attempt rim
out at the buzzer.
• Brown
led the Warhawks with 16 points and six assists, while Charles Winborne contributed 15 points and Marcelis Hansberry
finished with 11 points. Brandon
Fortenberry paced the Lions with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting, while Roosevelt Johnson chipped in 20 points
and eight rebounds.
UP NEXT
ULM wraps up a two-game home stand on Thursday when it
takes on Southern University for the first time since the 1985-86 season.
Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
