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<p>NIT, CBI, and CIT</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>NIT, CBI, and CIT</strong></p><p> </p><p>

First up is the NIT:</p><p> </p><p>

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Congratulations to the University of Connecticut on winning the NIT by defeating Cal.</p><p> </p><p>

Next we have the CBI:</p><p> </p><p>

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Sam Houston State represented the Southland in the CBI as a 12 seed and took down 5 seed Troy in the first round but lost to 4 seed Bradley in the 2nd round.</p><p> </p><p>

Bradley ended up winning the tournament over 6 seed Akron!</p><p> </p><p>

Lastly we have the CIT:</p><p> </p><p>

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Northern Illinois beat Little Rock to win the CIT!</p>

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<p>1939-1940 Senior Appreciation Day</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1939-1940 Senior Appreciation Day</strong></p><p> </p><p>

We had 4 seniors this year and all of them were on scholarship. Only one played a big role during their time here though and the other 3 all came off the bench.</p><p> </p><p>

Our first senior is SF James Reuter from Conroe, Texas. Reuter started 59 games in his career and averaged 9.6 PPG with a career high 12 PPG this season. He also averaged 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists. His career highs were 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 assists. He was named player of the game 5 times in his career. </p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode">#52 SF James Reuter - Abilene Christian - Senior

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Height: 6-3

Weight: 223

High School: Conroe High School

Hometown: Conroe, TX

 

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 29 68 92 31 6 29 12 25 15 23 7 17 78 42 68 56

1938: 28 60 84 29 6 28 12 24 14 21 6 16 77 41 67 53

1937: 27 56 80 28 6 27 12 23 14 20 6 16 77 40 66 50

Potential: D B A D F D F D D D F F

 

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 6

 

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 30 30 25.7 7.3 0.4 3.1 1.0 2.5 0.38 0.1 0.2 3.3

1939 29 29 28.8 12.0 0.7 4.1 1.4 2.4 0.59 0.6 0.2 3.0

Career 59 59 27.2 9.6 0.6 3.6 1.2 2.5 0.59 0.4 0.2 3.2

 

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 2.4 6.0 .397 2.1 2.5 .851 0.5 1.2 .378 1.22 -4.00

1939 3.8 9.9 .383 3.9 4.2 .918 0.6 2.2 .254 1.21 -3.28

Career 3.1 7.9 .388 3.0 3.3 .893 0.5 1.7 .300 1.22 -3.64

 

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 30 30 772 219 13 93 29 76 4 6 100

1939 29 29 835 348 20 120 42 71 18 5 86

Career 59 59 1607 567 33 213 71 147 22 11 186

 

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 71 179 63 74 14 37 -120

1939 110 287 112 122 16 63 -95

Career 181 466 175 196 30 100 -215

 

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 25 2 9 4 3 1 6 8 16 10 12 3 7

Career 25 2 9 4 3 2 6 8 16 10 12 5 7

 

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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All Player of the Game: 5

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Our next senior is PF Charles Hurley from Kenedy, Texas. Hurley appeared in 35 career games, all of the bench, and averaged 9.9 minutes per game. He averaged 2.2 points and 2.1 rebounds with career highs of 6 points and 5 rebounds. </p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> #13 PF Charles Hurley - Abilene Christian - Senior

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Height: 6-8

Weight: 235

High School: Kenedy High School

Hometown: Kenedy, TX

 

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 13 7 38 0 32 17 27 62 38 4 24 9 40 89 38 64

1938: 13 7 38 0 31 16 26 59 37 4 23 8 40 87 37 60

1937: 13 7 37 0 30 16 25 57 36 4 22 8 39 85 37 56

Potential: F F D F D D D B C F D F

 

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 25

 

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 30 0 11.1 2.5 0.6 2.3 0.4 0.5 0.73 0.2 0.1 1.4

1939 5 0 2.6 0.6 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.00 0.4 0.0 0.0

Career 35 0 9.9 2.2 0.5 2.1 0.3 0.5 0.00 0.2 0.1 1.2

 

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 1.0 1.4 .721 0.4 0.7 .524 0.0 0.1 .333 1.72 -0.77

1939 0.2 0.4 .500 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 1.50 -0.80

Career 0.9 1.3 .711 0.3 0.7 .522 0.0 0.1 .333 1.71 -0.77

 

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 30 0 332 74 17 68 11 15 6 2 43

1939 5 0 13 3 0 6 0 1 2 0 0

Career 35 0 345 77 17 74 11 16 8 2 43

 

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 31 43 11 21 1 3 -23

1939 1 2 1 2 0 0 -4

Career 32 45 12 23 1 3 -27

 

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0

Career 6 3 5 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 4 1 1

 

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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No awards.

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Our 3rd senior is PG Ali Morales from Mineral Wells, Texas. Morales appeared in 56 career games, all of the bench, and averaged 5.1 minutes per game. He averaged 1.6 points in his career with a career high of 10 points.</p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> #12 PG Ali Morales - Abilene Christian - Senior

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Height: 5-9

Weight: 174

High School: Mineral Well High School

Hometown: Mineral Wells, TX

 

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 44 17 43 35 44 12 12 34 15 10 10 24 82 38 48 87

1938: 42 17 42 34 43 12 12 33 15 10 10 23 82 38 47 80

1937: 40 17 41 33 42 12 12 32 15 10 10 23 81 38 47 73

Potential: C D C C C F D D F F F C

 

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 22

 

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 30 0 5.8 2.1 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 2.00 0.1 0.0 0.5

1939 26 0 4.3 0.9 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.75 0.0 0.0 0.3

Career 56 0 5.1 1.6 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.75 0.1 0.0 0.4

 

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 0.8 2.1 .391 0.3 0.5 .571 0.2 0.5 .400 1.00 -0.10

1939 0.2 1.0 .240 0.3 0.7 .500 0.1 0.4 .200 0.92 -0.77

Career 0.6 1.6 .348 0.3 0.6 .531 0.1 0.4 .320 0.98 -0.41

 

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 30 0 175 64 5 24 6 3 4 0 15

1939 26 0 112 23 1 11 6 8 1 1 7

Career 56 0 287 87 6 35 12 11 5 1 22

 

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 25 64 8 14 6 15 -3

1939 6 25 9 18 2 10 -20

Career 31 89 17 32 8 25 -23

 

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 6 3 4 1 2

Career 10 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 7 3 4 1 3

 

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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No awards.

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Our final senior is PG Tom Johnson from Lubbock, Texas. Johnson played in 59 career games and started only one of them. He averaged 13.1 minutes per game to go along with 3.9 points. His career high was 14 points.</p><p> </p><p>

We would like to thanks these seniors for their time spent on the team!</p>

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1939-1940 Season Recap

 

1939-1940 Season Recap

 

  Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
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 11/10/39    Grand Canyon                   9-23  311       W  39-38          1-0
 11/15/39    at NJIT                        7-23  336       L  57-55          1-1
 11/20/39    Northern Kentucky              5-25  318       W  45-43          2-1
 11/23/39    at Sacramento State            9-21  265       W  47-33          3-1
 11/27/39    North Dakota                   3-27  325       W  56-45          4-1
 12/02/39    at UMass Lowell                2-27  351       L  56-40          4-2
 12/05/39    at Cal State Bakersfield       6-24  347       L  55-48          4-3
 12/09/39    at Maryland-Eastern Shore      9-21  321       L  63-45          4-4
 12/15/39    at Bryant                     11-19  262       L  49-46          4-5
 12/19/39    at North Carolina Central     11-20  256       L  67-54          4-6
 12/23/39    Omaha                          9-21  300       L  58-46          4-7
 12/27/39    Sam Houston State              24-9  172       L  65-39    4-8 (0-1)
 12/30/39    at Lamar                      11-18  309       L  56-47    4-9 (0-2)
 01/03/40    at Incarnate Word             12-19  279       W  66-60    5-9 (1-2)
 01/06/40    TAMU-Corpus Christi           13-17  263       W  46-37    6-9 (2-2)
 01/10/40    at McNeese                    22-10  124       L  63-46   6-10 (2-3)
 01/13/40    Northwestern State            16-15  305       W  51-42   7-10 (3-3)
 01/20/40    at Southeastern Louisiana     13-17  231       W  78-68   8-10 (4-3)
 01/24/40    at Houston Baptist            13-18  243       L  67-65   8-11 (4-4)
 01/27/40    New Orleans                    9-20  269       L  58-48   8-12 (4-5)
 01/31/40    at Sam Houston State           24-9  172       L  79-56   8-13 (4-6)
 02/03/40    Lamar                         11-18  309       L  62-51   8-14 (4-7)
 02/07/40    at Northwestern State         16-15  305       L  75-56   8-15 (4-8)
 02/10/40    Stephen F. Austin             15-18  215       L  70-55   8-16 (4-9)
 02/14/40    McNeese                       22-10  124       L  61-47  8-17 (4-10)
 02/17/40    at TAMU-Corpus Christi        13-17  263       L  66-54  8-18 (4-11)
 02/21/40    Nicholls                       8-21  326       L  54-49  8-19 (4-12)
 02/28/40    at Central Arkansas            7-22  331       W  60-48  9-19 (5-12)
 03/02/40    Southeastern Louisiana        13-17  231       L  60-45  9-20 (5-13)

 

We took a step back this year at 9-20 but I cannot say I am too surprised given that we lost both of our starting big men and weren't able to bring in much to replace them with. It definitely hurt that we had a walk-on freshman starting and that our top two recruits were suspended due to academics to start the season. Things weren't too bad to start the season but we got on long losing streaks where we just looked totally inept at scoring which is something that doesn't surprise me given the lack of developed talent on the team.

 

Here is how the season went for us:

 

Current Performance
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Team Prestige:         2   Record Vs 1-50:      0-0   Poll Rank:            NR   
Season Record:      9-20   Record Vs 51-100:    0-0   RPI Rank:           #346   
Conference Record:  5-13   Record Vs 101-200:   0-4 
Home Record:         5-8   Record Vs 200+:     9-16 


Team Stats         CR  NR  Opp. Stats         CR  NR  Margin             CR  NR  
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Points       51.0  13 350  Points       57.1   1   4  Points       -6.0   8 269  
O.Reb         8.8   9 319  O.Reb        10.4   7 126  O.Reb        -1.6   9 276  
D.Reb        22.5  12 328  D.Reb        22.0   1  12  D.Reb         0.5   5 144  
Rebounds     31.3  12 335  Rebounds     32.4   1  20  Rebounds     -1.1   8 212  
Assists       9.1  12 343  Assists      11.5   3  36  Assists      -2.3  12 300  
Steals        3.8  12 321  Steals        5.4   4 138  Steals       -1.6  10 284  
Blocks        2.1   8 269  Blocks        2.4   3  33  Blocks       -0.3   4 195  
Turnovers    14.3  10 250  Turnovers    11.5  12 320  Turnovers     2.8  10 313  
Fouls        17.5   1  54  Fouls        19.4  10 126  Fouls        -2.0   2  50  
FG%          .392  13 327  FG%          .425   5 164  FG%         -.033  12 283  
FT%          .685   3 143  FT%          .633   1   9  FT%          .052   1  29  
3P%          .274   9 312  3P%          .289   2  16  3P%         -.015   6 206  
PPS          1.16   8 265  PPS          1.15   2  70  PPS          .010   3 155  
Adj. FG%     .421  13 338  Adj. FG%     .463   4  90  Adj. FG%    -.042  11 288 

 

As you can see we were 350th in scoring and pretty much absolutely awful in every aspect of the game. The bright side to this is that at least we ended 346 in RPI which is an improvement over last year.

 

Here are our season stats:

 

 Player              Pos  GP  GS   Min   Pts  Orb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   To  Fls   +/-
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Jonathan Philip      SG  28  28  33.3   9.3  0.6  3.9  1.9  0.7  0.1  3.2  2.1  -5.9
Virgil Yager          C  16  16  29.8   8.1  0.9  4.0  0.9  0.3  0.8  1.4  3.1  -5.8
Michael Mitchell     PF  29  29  29.5   4.0  2.7  8.0  0.9  0.5  0.3  1.9  2.6  -5.2
Nickolas Toy         PG  29  29  29.5   7.0  0.7  2.6  1.9  1.0  0.3  1.5  2.3  -4.7
James Reuter         SF  29  29  28.8  12.0  0.7  4.1  1.4  0.6  0.2  2.4  3.0  -3.3
Celso Sanz            C  29  13  22.9   4.7  1.6  5.0  0.6  0.3  0.4  1.4  2.3  -2.7
Tom Johnson          PG  29   1  14.2   4.2  0.5  1.1  0.7  0.2  0.1  1.2  1.5  -1.6
Henry Hughes          C  29   0   9.5   2.1  0.7  1.7  0.3  0.1  0.1  0.6  0.6  -1.0
Willie Seibert       SF  29   0   9.4   2.4  0.6  1.6  0.6  0.2  0.1  0.8  1.0  -1.8
Ali Morales          PG  26   0   4.3   0.9  0.0  0.4  0.2  0.0  0.0  0.3  0.3  -0.8
John Kirkpatrick     SF  16   0   3.6   0.4  0.1  0.3  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.3  0.2  -2.0
Terrance Doud         C  11   0   2.6   0.0  0.5  1.0  0.2  0.0  0.1  0.0  0.3  -1.5
Charles Hurley       PF   5   0   2.6   0.6  0.0  1.2  0.0  0.4  0.0  0.2  0.0  -0.8
Harland Kerr         SG   8   0   1.9   0.3  0.0  0.0  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.0  0.3  -1.1
Douglas Arguello     PG   0   0   0.0   0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0   0.0

 

Departing Players

 

PF Charles Hurley - Graduating

SF James Reuter - Graduating

PG Ali Morales - Graduating

PG Tom Johnson - Graduating

 

Incoming Class

 

PG Chung McLin (***, #238 Overall)

PG Mark Gagne (**, #725 Overall)

SF Robert Smith (**, #615 Overall)

PF John Gaudette - Senior Grad Transfer from Quinnipiac

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1940 Offseason

 

1940 Offseason

 

We had our first conference movement as Gonzaga left the WCC for the Mountain West in place of San Jose State who will be joining the WCC.

 

Here is our roster for the upcoming season

 

 Player                #  Pos   Yr    Ht   Wt  Sch  Acd  Status          Hometown
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John Gaudette        11   PF  Sr*  6-10  234  Yes   31      OK    West Grove, PA
John Kirkpatrick     21   SF   Sr  6-10  246  Yes   22      OK    Fort Worth, TX
Jonathan Philip      55   SG   Sr   6-1  197  Yes   38      OK         Mayer, AZ
Nickolas Toy         54   PG   Sr   6-4  196  Yes   50      OK      Santa Fe, TX
Michael Mitchell     42   PF   Sr   6-8  227  Yes   79      OK       Andrews, TX
Henry Hughes          4    C   Jr  6-10  263  Yes   70      OK   Whitewright, TX
Willie Seibert        0   SF   Jr   6-7  224  Yes   16      OK        Alpine, TX
Harland Kerr         15   SG   Jr   6-4  212  Yes   30      OK       Lubbock, TX
Virgil Yager         25    C   So  6-10  215  Yes   31      OK        Meeker, OK
Celso Sanz           45    C   So   6-9  234   No   22      OK         Bells, TX
Terrance Doud        51    C   So   6-8  240   No   31      OK         Tracy, CA
Douglas Arguello     50   PG  Fr*   6-3  183  Yes   44      OK        Sunray, TX
Mark Gagne           24   PG   Fr  5-10  156  Yes   89      OK     Whiteface, TX
Chung McLin          43   PG   Fr   6-1  187  Yes   27      OK    San Angelo, TX
Robert Smith         14   SF   Fr   6-9  227  Yes   58      OK       Abilene, TX

 

As you can see we have 5 seniors which means we will have a lot of recruiting to do this offseason. We have a lot of young guards so finding big men will be priority #1.

 

Here is our call list going into the season:

 

 Name                Pos    Ht   Wt  Rating   Interest       State
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Rick Humble          SF   6-4  203      **  Very High       Texas
Chris Ford           SF   6-4  203      **  Very High    Illinois
Joshua Moore         SF   6-4  195     ***       High    Oklahoma
Long Mulvey          PF   6-7  245      **       High       Texas
John Sergent          C   6-6  224      **       High       Texas
Chris Duley          SG   6-4  186      **       High  New Mexico
Kenny Skipper        SF   6-5  200      **       High  New Mexico
Jack Crittenden      PG   5-9  170      **       High       Texas
Wilson Howard        SF   6-5  208      **       High  New Mexico
Jessie Pelkey        PF  6-11  212     ***    Average       Texas
Don Capuano          PF   6-5  245     ***    Average    Nebraska
James Lacy           PF   6-6  241     ***    Average   Tennessee
Ronny Schoenfeld     PF   6-5  225     ***    Average  California
Charles Ramsey       PF   6-9  254     ***    Average     Alabama
David McPhail         C   6-8  214     ***    Average     Arizona
Steven Brown          C   6-9  202     ***    Average   Minnesota
Merle Smith          PF   6-6  231     ***    Average      Kansas
Leslie Brett          C  6-10  204     ***    Average       Texas
Allan Robey           C   6-6  216     ***    Average    Illinois
Claud Tetreault      PF   6-8  218     ***    Average     Arizona

 

As you can see I am trying to be very ambitious and am going after as many big men as I can in hopes we can bring at least 2 in. With 5 scholarships available I don't want to force any to undeserving players and we may hold one over until next year.

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<p>1940-1941 Season Preview</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1940-1941 Season Preview</strong></p><p> </p><p>

We scheduled another slew of bad teams to try to boost our win totals this year. Hopefully it will help us push closer to an overall winning record but at the very least should keep us out of the dreaded 3-5 win total for the season.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Team News</strong></p><p> </p><p>

C Terrance Doud has been suspended due to academics. He was unlikely to factor into any games for us anyways.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Athletic Director Goal</strong></p><p> </p><p>

The goal is to again avoid last place in the conference which I feel confident that we can do. </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Team Schedule</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 UMass Lowell 0-0 347

11/19/40 at North Dakota 0-0 338

11/23/40 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 0-0 272

11/26/40 Grand Canyon 0-0 351

11/30/40 Northern Kentucky 0-0 346

12/03/40 at Dartmouth 0-0 61

12/10/40 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 0-0 151

12/15/40 at UT-Arlington 0-0 271

12/18/40 at Omaha 0-0 345

12/23/40 at Northern Arizona 0-0 188

12/27/40 Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 341

01/01/41 Stephen F. Austin 0-0 256

01/04/41 Houston Baptist 0-0 327

01/08/41 at Central Arkansas 0-0 339

01/11/41 at Lamar 0-0 132

01/15/41 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 268

01/18/41 New Orleans 0-0 350

01/25/41 at Sam Houston State 0-0 226

01/29/41 McNeese 0-0 153

02/01/41 Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 239

02/05/41 at Northwestern State 0-0 192

02/08/41 at Incarnate Word 0-0 349

02/15/41 Central Arkansas 0-0 339

02/19/41 at Stephen F. Austin 0-0 256

02/22/41 Lamar 0-0 132

02/26/41 at Houston Baptist 0-0 327

03/01/41 Nicholls 0-0 181

03/05/41 Sam Houston State 0-0 226

03/08/41 at New Orleans 0-0 350 </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Starting Lineup</strong></p><p> </p><p>

PG - Chung McLin (FR)</p><p>

SG - Douglas Arguello (FR*)</p><p>

SF - Robert Smith (FR)</p><p>

PF - Celso Sanz (SO)</p><p>

C - Virgil Yager (SO)</p><p> </p><p>

6th - PG Mark Gagne (FR) - Gagne is not going to be relied on as a scorer but provides solid handles and defense off the bench while having the ability to force a turnover at any moment.</p><p> </p><p>

7th - PG Nickolas Toy (SR) - Toy has been demoted to a bench player this season. He will be a reliable senior leader on the floor since our entire starting lineup is all underclassmen.</p><p> </p><p>

8th - PF John Gaudette (SR*) - Gaudette is a scorer on the inside. He isn't amazing at it but he can get it done. His defense is lacking which make him and Mitchell polar opposite players.</p><p> </p><p>

9th - PF Michael Mitchell (SR) - Mitchell is not a scorer but will be a defensive presence. </p><p> </p><p>

10th - SG Jonathan Philip (SR) - Philip has been demoted to the bench and probably won't see all that many minutes this season.</p><p> </p><p>

We probably won't ever go much deeper than this unless foul trouble hits. This is definitely the best team we have fielded as far as talent goes. The little "indicators" that are colored next to each player's name showing their current and potential ability have always been red for current for every single player we have had. Only Nickolas Toy and Virgil Yager have had potential higher than orange (both have yellow). This season though we have four players who are Orange and I'm hoping that it will show in the final results. Our defense should be about the same but our offensive ability should be improving a lot. In he past our "Pace" has always been 0 or 1 but this year it is up to 7 as we finally have the pieces to have a little faith in our offense and not just to grind out a low scoring win. I know I am probably just being overly optimistic since I said this last season but I am very excited for this season.</p>

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<strong>November 1940</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 UMass Lowell 1-4 130 L 76-54 0-1

11/19/40 at North Dakota 2-2 343 L 76-59 0-2

11/23/40 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 1-3 144 L 60-57 0-3

11/26/40 Grand Canyon 0-5 286 W 69-59 1-3

11/30/40 Northern Kentucky 2-1 24 L 65-57 1-4</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 15, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

UMass Lowell (0-0) vs. Abilene Christian (0-0)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: UMass Lowell - 76, Abilene Christian - 54. I know this was a blowout but we looked a lot better than last season. Celso Sanz left with patellar tendinitis and will miss 26 days, him being gone hurt. The difference in this game was UMass Lowell hitting 6 threes and us making zero. Robert Smith had 13 points and 2 rebounds. Douglas Arguello had 6 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists. Chung McLin had 4 points, 1 rebound, and 2 assists. Mark Gagne had 5 points, 1 rebound, and 3 assists. All four of those were players having their debut. We also had 8 steals including 4 by Mark Gagne. The bench had 21 points in this one showing how much they have improved.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 19, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (0-1) vs. North Dakota (0-1)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 59, North Dakota - 76. At halftime we had committed 9 turnovers and North Dakota had committed zero. Thankfully we were only down 33-30 at the half after that turnover ratio. Again we looked really good in this one but in the second half North Dakota was in the bonus under 5 minutes in and took 32 free throws. They only made 18 of them otherwise this could have been a much bigger deficit. The turnover margin really killed us in this one. Chung McLin had 19 points, 1 rebound, and 3 assists. Virgil Yager had 10 points and 8 rebounds. The bench had 10 points in this one highlighted by 8 from Mark Gagne.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 23, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (0-2) vs. UT-Rio Grande Valley (0-1)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 57, UT-Rio Grande Valley - 60. We looked a lot better than our opposition in this one but the fouls and free throw disparity really hurt us again. Robert Smith had 15 points and 5 rebounds while Douglas Arguello and Chung McLin each had 10 points. The starting lineup and our 6th man combined for 23 fouls. </p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 26, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Grand Canyon (0-4) vs. Abilene Christian (0-3)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 59, Abilene Christian - 69. We only committed 6 turnovers in this one and we hit 9 threes! Chung McLin had 18 points and 6 assists (which ties for the most in program history). Robert Smith had 13 points and 5 rebounds and Virgil Yager had 10 rebounds. The bench had 17 points headlined by 10 from Nickolas Toy. This is the Abilene Christian team I am envisioning for our future. This season may have its ups and downs due to the inexperience of the underclassmen but I have faith in these players.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 30, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Northern Kentucky (0-1) vs. Abilene Christian (1-3)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Northern Kentucky - 65, Abilene Christian - 57. Virgil Yager had 13 points and the rest of the starters only combined for 16. The bench had 28 points including 12 by Gagne and 10 by Toy. Douglas Arguello left the game with an injury 7 minutes in. He has a torn ligament and will be out for 55 days.</p><p> </p><p>

Overall Record: 1-4</p><p>

Home Record: 1-2</p><p>

Road Record: 0-2</p><p>

Rank: NR</p><p>

RPI: 347</p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Season Stats</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">PPG</span></p><p> </p><p>

SF Robert Smith - 11.4</p><p>

PG Chung McLin - 11.0</p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 8.2</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">RPG</span></p><p> </p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 6.4</p><p>

PF John Gaudette - 4.8</p><p>

PF Michael Mitchell - 4.0</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">APG</span></p><p> </p><p>

PG Chung McLin - 2.4</p><p>

SG Douglas Arguello - 1.8</p><p>

PF John Gaudette - 1.4</p>

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<strong>December 1940</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 UMass Lowell 2-10 140 L 76-54 0-1

11/19/40 at North Dakota 3-7 292 L 76-59 0-2

11/23/40 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 2-10 218 L 60-57 0-3

11/26/40 Grand Canyon 1-13 238 W 69-59 1-3

11/30/40 Northern Kentucky 6-7 108 L 65-57 1-4

12/03/40 at Dartmouth 2-8 260 L 74-43 1-5

12/10/40 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 2-11 314 W 67-60 2-5

12/15/40 at UT-Arlington 5-5 300 L 61-51 2-6

12/18/40 at Omaha 4-8 188 L 72-64 2-7

12/23/40 at Northern Arizona 5-4 310 L 77-63 2-8

12/27/40 Cal State Bakersfield 2-10 235 W 75-61 3-8</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 3, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (1-4) vs. Dartmouth (0-4)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 43, Darmouth - 74. Absolute embarrassment. This is where I would be fired in real life. We were called for 8 fouls in the first three and a half minutes of the game and had committed 10 fouls to put them in the double bonus before 5 minutes had come off the clock. I am definitely frustrated with the season so far but losing two of our opening day starters definitely has made things even more difficult.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 10, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (1-5) vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore (1-5)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 67, Maryland-Eastern Shore - 60. We let a 19 point lead get all the way down to 3 in this one but were able to hold onto the win. Robert Smith had 23 points and Chung McLin had 15. Virgil Yager added on 11 more and the bench had 14.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 15, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (2-5) vs. UT-Arlington (2-3)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 51, UT-Arlington - 61. Embarrassing. Simply embarrassing. McLin had 10 and Yager had 13.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 18, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (2-6) vs. Omaha (2-6)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 64, Omaha - 72. McLin had 14, Smith had 12.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 23, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (2-7) vs. Northern Arizona (4-3)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 63, Northern Arizona - 77.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 27, 1940</span></p><p> </p><p>

Cal State Bakersfield (2-8) vs. Abilene Christian (2-8)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Cal State Bakersfield - 61, Abilene Christian - 75. </p><p> </p><p>

Overall Record: 3-8</p><p>

Home Record: 2-2</p><p>

Road Record: 1-6</p><p>

Ranking: lol</p><p>

RPI: 351 - if it could be worse it would be</p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Season Stats</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">PPG</span></p><p> </p><p>

SF Robert Smith - 13.3</p><p>

SG Chung McLin - 11.7</p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 8.6</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">RPG</span></p><p> </p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 4.9</p><p>

PF Michael Mitchell - 4.4</p><p>

PF Celso Sanz - 4.0</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">APG</span></p><p> </p><p>

SG Chung McLin - 2.6</p><p>

PG Douglas Arguello - 1.8</p><p>

PG Mark Gagne - 1.6</p>

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<strong>January 1941</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 UMass Lowell 5-15 209 L 76-54 0-1

11/19/40 at North Dakota 5-13 340 L 76-59 0-2

11/23/40 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 4-14 289 L 60-57 0-3

11/26/40 Grand Canyon 2-18 312 W 69-59 1-3

11/30/40 Northern Kentucky 8-14 189 L 65-57 1-4

12/03/40 at Dartmouth 5-13 243 L 74-43 1-5

12/10/40 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 3-17 327 W 67-60 2-5

12/15/40 at UT-Arlington 7-11 292 L 61-51 2-6

12/18/40 at Omaha 6-14 278 L 72-64 2-7

12/23/40 at Northern Arizona 7-11 342 L 77-63 2-8

12/27/40 Cal State Bakersfield 5-14 271 W 75-61 3-8

01/01/41 Stephen F. Austin 12-8 186 W 70-57 4-8 (1-0)

01/04/41 Houston Baptist 5-13 262 L 72-62 4-9 (1-1)

01/08/41 at Central Arkansas 3-16 332 L 68-58 4-10 (1-2)

01/11/41 at Lamar 8-10 324 L 76-67 4-11 (1-3)

01/15/41 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 10-8 275 L 78-58 4-12 (1-4)

01/18/41 New Orleans 4-15 290 W 80-77 5-12 (2-4)

01/25/41 at Sam Houston State 14-5 237 L 66-59 5-13 (2-5)

01/29/41 McNeese 7-12 338 W 66-56 6-13 (3-5)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige

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Sam Houston State Bearkats 7 1 .875 14 5 .737 237 42

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 7 1 .875 12 8 .600 186 43

Southeastern Louisiana Lions 5 2 .714 8 10 .444 321 28

TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 5 3 .625 10 8 .556 275 31

Lamar Cardinals 5 3 .625 8 10 .444 324 25

Houston Baptist Huskies 4 4 .500 5 13 .278 262 9

Abilene Christian Wildcats 3 5 .375 6 13 .316 351 2

New Orleans Privateers 3 5 .375 4 15 .211 290 5

Nicholls Colonels 3 5 .375 4 14 .222 267 14

Incarnate Word Cardinals 3 5 .375 4 14 .222 298 4

Northwestern State Demons 2 5 .286 7 11 .389 349 25

Central Arkansas Bears 2 6 .250 3 16 .158 332 8

McNeese Cowboys 2 6 .250 7 12 .368 338 32</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 1, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Stephen F. Austin (5-7) vs. Abilene Christian (3-8)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Stephen F. Austin - 57, Abilene Christian - 70. We are a much better team at home and it showed here as we beat Stephen F. Austin for the first time in program history! Robert Smith had 17 points, Chung McLin had 11, and both Virgil Yager and Mark Gagne had 10. The bench came up huge with 22 points in this one including 6 points and 7 rebounds from John Gaudette. Celso Sanz didn't score but pulled down 8 rebounds.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 4, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Houston Baptist (2-7) vs. Abilene Christian (4-8)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Houston Baptist - 72, Abilene Christian - 62. This one is on the refs. We were called for 14 more fouls than Houston Baptist in a game AT HOME. Terrible refereeing and SIX players had 4 fouls.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 8, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (4-9) vs. Central Arkansas (2-11)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 58, Central Arkansas - 68. 20 turnovers. That is what we committed in this game. We made 21 shots. Think about that.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 11, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (4-10) vs. Lamar (4-9)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 67, Lamar - 76. Mark Gagne out 46 days with a broken foot.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 15, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (4-11) vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (7-7)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 58, Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 78.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 18, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

New Orleans (3-13) vs. Abilene Christian (4-12)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: New Orleans - 77, Abilene Christian - 80. </p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 25, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (5-12) vs. Sam Houston State (12-5)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 59, Sam Houston State - 66.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">January 29, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

McNeese (7-11) vs. Abilene Christian (5-13)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: McNeese - 56, Abilene Christian - 66. </p><p> </p><p>

Overall Record: 6-13</p><p>

Home Record: 5-3</p><p>

Road Record: 1-10</p><p>

Ranking: LOL</p><p>

RPI: 351 - dead last. Easily the worst team in basketball.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Season Stats</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>PPG</strong></p><p> </p><p>

SF Robert Smith - 13.3</p><p>

SG Chung McLin - 12.7</p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 8.5</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>RPG</strong></p><p> </p><p>

PF Celso Sanz - 5.5</p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 5.1</p><p>

PF Michael Mitchell - 4.4</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>APG</strong></p><p> </p><p>

SG Chung McLin - 2.3</p><p>

SG Douglas Arguello - 2.1</p><p>

PG Mark Gagne - 1.7</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Recruiting News</strong></p><p> </p><p>

PG Emory Moultrie has committed to play for us next season. Moultrie is a great passer and defender who can score on the inside but is a pass first PG.</p>

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<strong>February 1941</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 UMass Lowell 7-21 247 L 76-54 0-1

11/19/40 at North Dakota 8-18 334 L 76-59 0-2

11/23/40 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 6-20 336 L 60-57 0-3

11/26/40 Grand Canyon 2-25 347 W 69-59 1-3

11/30/40 Northern Kentucky 9-20 243 L 65-57 1-4

12/03/40 at Dartmouth 7-19 271 L 74-43 1-5

12/10/40 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 4-24 348 W 67-60 2-5

12/15/40 at UT-Arlington 11-15 306 L 61-51 2-6

12/18/40 at Omaha 9-18 256 L 72-64 2-7

12/23/40 at Northern Arizona 9-17 331 L 77-63 2-8

12/27/40 Cal State Bakersfield 7-19 321 W 75-61 3-8

01/01/41 Stephen F. Austin 17-10 165 W 70-57 4-8 (1-0)

01/04/41 Houston Baptist 7-19 313 L 72-62 4-9 (1-1)

01/08/41 at Central Arkansas 6-21 322 L 68-58 4-10 (1-2)

01/11/41 at Lamar 13-14 319 L 76-67 4-11 (1-3)

01/15/41 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 14-12 259 L 78-58 4-12 (1-4)

01/18/41 New Orleans 7-19 328 W 80-77 5-12 (2-4)

01/25/41 at Sam Houston State 20-6 162 L 66-59 5-13 (2-5)

01/29/41 McNeese 11-15 315 W 66-56 6-13 (3-5)

02/01/41 Southeastern Louisiana 13-13 293 W 79-69 7-13 (4-5)

02/05/41 at Northwestern State 9-17 346 W 66-54 8-13 (5-5)

02/08/41 at Incarnate Word 7-19 335 L 72-64 8-14 (5-6)

02/15/41 Central Arkansas 6-21 322 L 71-65 8-15 (5-7)

02/19/41 at Stephen F. Austin 17-10 165 L 72-59 8-16 (5-8)

02/22/41 Lamar 13-14 319 W 73-72 9-16 (6-8)

02/26/41 at Houston Baptist 7-19 313 L 67-59 9-17 (6-9)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige

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Sam Houston State Bearkats 13 2 .867 20 6 .769 162 42

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 12 3 .800 17 10 .630 165 43

Southeastern Louisiana Lions 10 5 .667 13 13 .500 293 28

TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders 9 6 .600 14 12 .538 259 31

Lamar Cardinals 9 7 .563 13 14 .481 319 25

Nicholls Colonels 7 8 .467 8 18 .308 253 14

Incarnate Word Cardinals 6 9 .400 7 19 .269 335 4

Abilene Christian Wildcats 6 9 .400 9 17 .346 350 2

McNeese Cowboys 6 9 .400 11 15 .423 315 32

New Orleans Privateers 6 9 .400 7 19 .269 328 5

Houston Baptist Huskies 6 10 .375 7 19 .269 313 9

Central Arkansas Bears 5 11 .313 6 21 .222 322 8

Northwestern State Demons 4 11 .267 9 17 .346 346 25</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 1, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Southeastern Louisiana (8-10) vs. Abilene Christian (6-13)</p><p> </p><p>

Southeastern Louisiana - 69, Abilene Christian - 79. Chung McLin had 22 points, Nickolas Toy had 12, and both Robert Smith and Douglas Arguello had 11. The turnover battle finally went our way as we committed 13 and our opponent had 26!</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 5, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (7-13) vs. Northwestern State (7-12)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 66, Northwestern State - 54. Our 2nd road win of the season! Chung McLin had 24 points and Robert Smith had 16. Douglas Arguello had 11 points and 8 rebounds.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 8, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (8-13) vs. Incarnate Word (4-16)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 64, Incarnate Word - 72. 53 fouls in this game. And Virgil Yager broke his nose. They shot 80% in the first half.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 15, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Central Arkansas (4-19) vs. Abilene Christian (8-14)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Central Arkansas - 71, Abilene Christian - 65.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 19, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (8-15) vs. Stephen F. Austin (16-9)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 59, Stephen F. Austin - 72.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 22, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Lamar (11-13) vs. Abilene Christian (8-16)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Lamar - 72, Abilene Christian - 73. </p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">February 26, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (9-16) vs. Houston Baptist (6-19)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 59, Houston Baptist - 67.</p><p> </p><p>

Overall Record: 9-17</p><p>

Home Record: 7-4</p><p>

Road Record: 2-13</p><p>

Conference Record: 6-9</p><p>

Ranking: no</p><p>

RPI: 350 (obviously a problem with the in-game calculation)</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Season Stats</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>PPG</strong></p><p> </p><p>

SG Chung McLin - 15.2</p><p>

SF Robert Smith - 12.8</p><p>

SG Douglas Arguello - 7.6</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">RPG</span></p><p> </p><p>

PF Celso Sanz - 5.5</p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 5.0</p><p>

PF Michael Mitchell - 4.7</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">APG</span></p><p> </p><p>

SG Chung McLin - 2.0</p><p>

SG Douglas Arguello - 1.9</p><p>

PG Mark Gagne - 1.8</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Recruiting News</strong></p><p> </p><p>

C Lesley Franklin from Brownfield, Texas has committed to play for us next season. Franklin is a JC player who is great at scoring inside and on the offensive glass.</p>

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March 1941

 

  Date        Opponent                     Record  RPI  Result  Score       Record
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 11/15/40    UMass Lowell                   7-23  259       L  76-54          0-1
 11/19/40    at North Dakota                8-21  341       L  76-59          0-2
 11/23/40    at UT-Rio Grande Valley        7-22  340       L  60-57          0-3
 11/26/40    Grand Canyon                   2-28  349       W  69-59          1-3
 11/30/40    Northern Kentucky             10-21  242       L  65-57          1-4
 12/03/40    at Dartmouth                   8-21  270       L  74-43          1-5
 12/10/40    at Maryland-Eastern Shore      4-25  348       W  67-60          2-5
 12/15/40    at UT-Arlington               11-18  306       L  61-51          2-6
 12/18/40    at Omaha                      10-20  275       L  72-64          2-7
 12/23/40    at Northern Arizona           11-18  329       L  77-63          2-8
 12/27/40    Cal State Bakersfield          8-21  322       W  75-61          3-8
 01/01/41    Stephen F. Austin             20-10  151       W  70-57    4-8 (1-0)
 01/04/41    Houston Baptist                7-22  332       L  72-62    4-9 (1-1)
 01/08/41    at Central Arkansas            8-21  319       L  68-58   4-10 (1-2)
 01/11/41    at Lamar                      14-15  310       L  76-67   4-11 (1-3)
 01/15/41    at TAMU-Corpus Christi        15-14  247       L  78-58   4-12 (1-4)
 01/18/41    New Orleans                    9-20  321       W  80-77   5-12 (2-4)
 01/25/41    at Sam Houston State           22-7  158       L  66-59   5-13 (2-5)
 01/29/41    McNeese                       13-16  304       W  66-56   6-13 (3-5)
 02/01/41    Southeastern Louisiana        15-14  252       W  79-69   7-13 (4-5)
 02/05/41    at Northwestern State         10-19  346       W  66-54   8-13 (5-5)
 02/08/41    at Incarnate Word              7-22  338       L  72-64   8-14 (5-6)
 02/15/41    Central Arkansas               8-21  319       L  71-65   8-15 (5-7)
 02/19/41    at Stephen F. Austin          20-10  151       L  72-59   8-16 (5-8)
 02/22/41    Lamar                         14-15  310       W  73-72   9-16 (6-8)
 02/26/41    at Houston Baptist             7-22  332       L  67-59   9-17 (6-9)
 03/01/41    Nicholls                      10-19  244       L  57-49  9-18 (6-10)
 03/05/41    Sam Houston State              22-7  158       L  80-52  9-19 (6-11)
 03/08/41    at New Orleans                 9-20  321       L  79-75  9-20 (6-12)

 

March 1, 1941

 

Nicholls (8-18) vs. Abilene Christian (9-17)

 

Final Score: Nicholls - 57, Abilene Christian - 49.

 

March 5, 1941

 

Sam Houston State (20-7) vs. Abilene Christian (9-18)

 

Final Score: Sam Houston State - 80, Abilene Christian - 52.

 

March 8, 1941

 

Abilene Christian (9-19) vs. New Orleans (8-20)

 

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 75, New Orleans - 79.

 

Here are the final standings for the Southland this season!

 

 TEAM                             CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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Sam Houston State Bearkats       15   3  .833  22   7  .759  158        42
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks    15   3  .833  20  10  .667  151        43
Southeastern Louisiana Lions     12   6  .667  15  14  .517  252        28
TAMU-Corpus Christi Islanders    10   8  .556  15  14  .517  247        31
Lamar Cardinals                  10   8  .556  14  15  .483  310        25
Nicholls Colonels                 9   9  .500  10  19  .345  244        14
McNeese Cowboys                   8  10  .444  13  16  .448  304        32
New Orleans Privateers            8  10  .444   9  20  .310  321         5
Central Arkansas Bears            7  11  .389   8  21  .276  319         8
Incarnate Word Cardinals          6  12  .333   7  22  .241  338         4
Houston Baptist Huskies           6  12  .333   7  22  .241  332         9
Abilene Christian Wildcats        6  12  .333   9  20  .310  351         2
Northwestern State Demons         5  13  .278  10  19  .345  346        25

 

Here is the conference tournament:

 

<a href="https://imgur.com/fJn4Fuh"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/fJn4Fuhl.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

 

Season Stats

 

PPG

 

SG Chung McLin - 14.9

SF Robert Smith - 13.0

SG Douglas Arguello - 7.6

 

RPG

 

PF Celso Sanz - 5.5

C Virgil Yager - 4.9

PF Michael Mitchell - 4.7

 

APG

 

SG Chung McLin - 1.9

PG Mark Gagne - 1.7

SF Nickolas Toy - 1.7

 

Overall Record: 9-20

Home Record: 7-6

Road Record: 2-14

Conference Record: 6-12

Ranking: NR

RPI: 351

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<p>Season Wrapup</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Season Wrapup</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Here is how the 1940-1941 season went.</p><p> </p><p>

In the Southalnd Conference the player of the year was Senior PF Richard Ansley from Stephen F. Austin who averaged 16.4 PPG and 8.2 RPG. The freshman of the year was PG Daniel Bickford from Texas A&M Corpus Christi who averaged 8.7 PPG, 6.4 RPG, and 2.7 APG. The Coach of the Year was Scott Sanderson from Sam Houston State.</p><p> </p><p>

Our freshman SG Chung McLin made the All-Freshman team with his 14.9 PPG, 2.1 RPG, and 1.9 APG. </p><p> </p><p>

Here is the end of season Top 25 going into the Tournament:</p><p> </p><p>

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference

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1. Wisconsin (54) 28-4 1782 4 Big Ten Conference

2. Michigan State (11) 27-5 1717 1 Big Ten Conference

3. Florida (6) 29-4 1681 3 Southeastern Conference

4. Connecticut (1) 29-3 1585 2 American Athletic Conference

5. Arizona 26-6 1484 6 Pac-12 Conference

6. Kentucky 25-6 1455 5 Southeastern Conference

7. Oklahoma 25-8 1375 9 Big 12 Conference

8. Temple 25-6 1240 8 American Athletic Conference

9. Duke 24-8 1235 7 Atlantic Coast Conference

10. Arkansas 25-7 1112 10 Southeastern Conference

11. Siena 28-4 1056 12 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

12. Creighton 24-7 1029 11 Big East Conference

13. Oregon 25-7 951 16 Pac-12 Conference

14. Stanford 26-6 870 13 Pac-12 Conference

15. Louisville 24-9 766 15 Atlantic Coast Conference

16. Texas 25-8 754 17 Big 12 Conference

17. Dayton 25-8 549 25 Atlantic 10 Conference

18. Saint Joseph's 25-8 513 19 Atlantic 10 Conference

19. Illinois 21-9 446 14 Big Ten Conference

20. Memphis 24-8 432 20 American Athletic Conference

21. New Mexico 25-7 428 NR Mountain West Conference

22. BYU 27-6 299 21 West Coast Conference

23. Tulsa 25-8 194 NR American Athletic Conference

24. Tennessee 21-9 190 18 Southeastern Conference

25. Kansas 20-10 121 22 Big 12 Conference

 

Others Receiving Votes:

Northern Iowa 25-6 42 Missouri Valley Conference

UNLV 25-8 38 Mountain West Conference

Southern Mississippi 27-6 23 Conference USA

South Alabama 25-5 14 Sun Belt Conference

Syracuse 20-10 10 Atlantic Coast Conference

Indiana 22-9 7 Big Ten Conference

Southern Illinois 24-7 2 Missouri Valley Conference

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And here is the Mid-Major top 25.</p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference

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1. Connecticut (72) 29-3 1800 1 American Athletic Conference

2. Temple 25-6 1712 2 American Athletic Conference

3. Siena 28-4 1660 3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

4. Dayton 25-8 1531 5 Atlantic 10 Conference

5. Saint Joseph's 25-8 1512 4 Atlantic 10 Conference

6. New Mexico 25-7 1484 7 Mountain West Conference

7. UNLV 25-8 1364 6 Mountain West Conference

8. Memphis 24-8 1210 8 American Athletic Conference

9. Northern Iowa 25-6 1210 9 Missouri Valley Conference

10. BYU 27-6 1173 10 West Coast Conference

11. Utah State 21-11 1060 11 Mountain West Conference

12. Southern Illinois 24-7 1020 12 Missouri Valley Conference

13. Southern Mississippi 27-6 957 16 Conference USA

14. Tulsa 25-8 902 19 American Athletic Conference

15. South Alabama 25-5 765 13 Sun Belt Conference

16. Rhode Island 23-8 697 15 Atlantic 10 Conference

17. Davidson 20-10 646 14 Atlantic 10 Conference

18. Rider 24-7 609 17 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

19. George Mason 21-9 450 18 Atlantic 10 Conference

20. Illinois State 22-11 379 23 Missouri Valley Conference

21. Valparaiso 25-7 329 21 Horizon League

22. Green Bay 23-9 317 20 Horizon League

23. Pacific 24-8 255 NR West Coast Conference

24. Akron 22-8 129 22 Mid-American Conference

25. Charlotte 23-10 58 NR Conference USA

 

Others Receiving Votes:

William & Mary 23-7 50 Colonial Athletic Association

Nevada 20-11 38 Mountain West Conference

Northeastern 23-9 26 Colonial Athletic Association

Manhattan 21-9 21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Drake 21-9 20 Missouri Valley Conference

Cal State Northridge 23-10 11 Big West Conference

Richmond 21-12 5 Atlantic 10 Conference

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<p>1940-1941 March Madness</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1940-1941 March Madness!</strong></p><p> </p><p>

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First up is the West Region. There were a few big upsets in the first round as 13 seed Bowling Green beat 4 seed UNLV, 12 seed Cal State Northridge beat 5 seed Miami, and 11 seed Drake beat 6 seed Illinois. The Bowling Green magic continued in the 2nd round as they beat Cal State Northridge to advance to the Sweet 16 where they lost to 1 seed Wisconsin. 7 seed St. Joseph's was able to knock out 2 seed Arkansas in the 2nd round. Ultimately 3 seed Stanford beat Wisconsin to punch their ticket to the final four!</p><p> </p><p>

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Next is the Midwest Region. This one only had one first round upset with 12 seed Pacific beating 5 seed Northern Iowa. In the 2nd round though 8 seed Syracuse took down 1 seed Michigan State but lost to 4 seed New Mexico in the Sweet 16. Ultimately 2 seed Arizona beat New Mexico to advance to the final four.</p><p> </p><p>

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Now the South Region. 1 seed Florida barely pulled off a 5 point victory over 16 seed Howard. Our conference representative Stephen F. Austin lost as a 13 seed to Temple by 23. This first round was very tame and the 2nd round only saw 6 seed Tennessee beat 3 seed Oregon. 1 seed Florida beat Tennessee to advance to the Final Four.</p><p> </p><p>

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Last up is the East Region. The only first round upset was 10 seed Rider beating 7 seed Tulsa. Rider then lost to 2 seed Kentucky by 6. 6 seed Creighton took down 3 seed Siena and then 2 seed Kentucky while 5 seed Dayton beat 1 seed Connecticut for our Elite Eight matchup. Creighton won that one by 3 to advance to the Final Four!</p><p> </p><p>

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Florida beat Stanford in the first semifinal by 2 points, and Arizona beat Creighton in the other by 3 points. The championship wasn't quite as thrilling as Arizona took down Florida to win their first national championship!</p>

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<p>NIT, CBI, and CIT</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>NIT, CBI, and CIT</strong></p><p> </p><p>

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Congratulations to 1 seed Clemson on defeating 4 seed West Virginia and winning the NIT!</p><p> </p><p>

Sam Houston State represented the Southland as a 7 seed and lost to 2 seed Princeton in the first round.</p><p> </p><p>

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Congratulations to 3 seed Missouri State on sweeping 4 seed Saint Mary's and winning the CBI! </p><p> </p><p>

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Congratulations to 11 seed Binghamton on defeating 13 seed Montana and winning the CIT!</p>

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<p>1940-1941 Senior Appreciation Day</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1940-1941 Senior Appreciation Day</strong></p><p> </p><p>

We had 5 seniors this year and they varied in their contributions to the team. </p><p> </p><p>

Our first senior is PF John Gaudette from West Grove, Pennsylvania. Gaudette was a grad transfer from Quinnipiac who in his short time at Abilene Christian appeared in 29 games (6 starts) and averaged 2.8 PPG and 2.1 RPG. His career highs were 8 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. I know his numbers are unspectacular but I actually expected even less of him as a late grad transfer so I was happy with his performance here.</p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> #11 C John Gaudette - Abilene Christian - Senior

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Height: 6-10

Weight: 236

High School: Avon Grove High School

Hometown: West Grove, PA

 

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 49 7 42 15 21 24 27 23 13 22 31 16 31 76 35 39

1939: 48 7 42 15 20 23 26 22 13 22 31 16 30 73 34 33

1938: 46 7 42 15 19 22 25 21 12 21 30 15 29 69 33 26

1937: 45 7 41 15 18 21 24 20 11 20 29 14 27 65 33 19

Potential: C F C F D D D D F D D D

 

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 31

 

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 3 0 3.0 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.7

1940 29 6 12.7 2.8 0.6 2.1 0.2 0.5 0.47 0.3 0.1 1.8

Career 32 6 11.8 2.6 0.6 2.1 0.2 0.5 0.47 0.3 0.1 1.7

 

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 0.0 1.0 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.67 -4.00

1940 1.1 2.4 .471 0.5 0.8 .625 0.0 0.3 .125 1.17 -2.48

Career 1.0 2.3 .452 0.5 0.8 .654 0.0 0.3 .111 1.15 -2.63

 

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 3 0 9 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2

1940 29 6 367 82 17 62 7 15 10 2 53

Career 32 6 376 84 18 66 7 15 10 2 55

 

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 0 3 2 2 0 1 -12

1940 33 70 15 24 1 8 -72

Career 33 73 17 26 1 9 -84

 

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 8 3 7 3 3 1 2 4 6 3 4 1 2

Career 8 3 7 3 3 1 2 4 6 3 4 1 2

 

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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1939 Transfered from Quinnipiac

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Our next senior is SF John Kirkpatrick from Fort Worth, Texas. Kirkpatrick appeared in 44 games in his career, all off the bench. He averaged 3.7 minutes per game, 0.8 PPG, and 0.6 RPG. His career highs were 4 points and 3 rebounds.</p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> #21 SF John Kirkpatrick - Abilene Christian - Senior

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Height: 6-10

Weight: 253

High School: Polytechnic High School

Hometown: Fort Worth, TX

 

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 7 14 46 21 4 6 12 32 39 24 16 32 69 67 46 75

1939: 7 14 45 20 4 6 12 31 38 23 16 31 68 65 45 70

1938: 7 14 44 20 4 6 12 30 37 22 16 29 67 62 44 63

1937: 7 14 43 20 4 6 12 29 36 21 16 27 67 59 44 56

Potential: F F C D F F F C C D F C

 

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 22

 

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 22 0 4.1 1.2 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.71 0.0 0.0 0.3

1939 16 0 3.6 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.60 0.1 0.1 0.2

1940 6 0 2.3 0.7 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0

Career 44 0 3.7 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.2

 

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 0.4 0.9 .400 0.5 0.7 .625 0.0 0.0 .000 1.30 0.27

1939 0.1 0.4 .333 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.00 -2.00

1940 0.3 0.5 .667 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.33 -1.17

Career 0.3 0.7 .414 0.3 0.4 .667 0.0 0.0 .000 1.24 -0.75

 

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 22 0 91 26 1 18 5 7 0 0 7

1939 16 0 57 6 1 4 3 5 1 1 3

1940 6 0 14 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 0

Career 44 0 162 36 3 28 8 12 1 1 10

 

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 8 20 10 16 0 1 6

1939 2 6 2 2 0 0 -32

1940 2 3 0 0 0 0 -7

Career 12 29 12 18 0 1 -33

 

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Career 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 2 5 0 1

 

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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No awards.

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Our 3rd senior is SG Jonathan Philip from Mayer, Arizona. Philip played in 86 games in his career and started 58 of them. He started every game until his senior year where he came off the bench. His first two seasons he averaged 31.5 and 33.3 minutes per game but off the bench his senior year he only averaged 9.8 minutes. His career averages were 7.6 PPG and 2.9 RPG with career highs of 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. He was named the player of the game 5 times in his career.</p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> #55 SG Jonathan Philip - Abilene Christian - Senior

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Height: 6-1

Weight: 200

High School: Mayer High School

Hometown: Mayer, AZ

 

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 27 37 55 46 21 12 4 26 24 30 48 28 82 39 52 73

1939: 26 36 53 44 20 11 4 25 23 28 43 27 82 38 51 65

1938: 25 34 49 40 19 10 3 24 22 26 39 26 81 36 51 52

1937: 24 33 48 39 19 10 3 23 21 25 37 25 79 34 51 39

Potential: D C C C D F F D D C C D

 

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 38

 

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1938 30 30 31.5 9.1 0.5 3.5 1.5 3.2 0.47 0.9 0.2 1.8

1939 28 28 33.3 9.3 0.6 3.9 1.9 3.2 0.60 0.7 0.1 2.1

1940 28 0 9.8 4.3 0.2 1.3 0.4 1.0 0.38 0.2 0.0 0.9

Career 86 58 25.0 7.6 0.4 2.9 1.3 2.5 0.38 0.6 0.1 1.6

 

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1938 2.9 8.1 .352 2.5 3.5 .717 0.8 2.8 .282 1.11 -4.90

1939 3.3 8.0 .417 1.7 2.7 .618 1.0 2.8 .351 1.17 -5.89

1940 1.3 3.2 .404 1.1 1.5 .762 0.5 1.3 .405 1.34 -1.79

Career 2.5 6.5 .387 1.8 2.6 .692 0.8 2.3 .332 1.17 -4.21

 

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1938 30 30 945 272 15 105 45 96 26 6 55

1939 28 28 931 260 16 110 54 90 19 3 58

1940 28 0 275 119 6 35 11 29 6 0 24

Career 86 58 2151 651 37 250 110 215 51 9 137

 

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1938 86 244 76 106 24 85 -147

1939 93 223 47 76 27 77 -165

1940 36 89 32 42 15 37 -50

Career 215 556 155 224 66 199 -362

 

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 12 1 5 3 2 0 6 4 13 4 5 2 8

Career 22 3 9 6 3 1 8 8 17 8 9 3 9

 

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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All Player of the Game: 5

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Our 4th senior is SF Nickolas Toy from Santa Fe, Texas. Toy never really developed into his potential but started to reach it as a senior. He played in 88 games and started 61 of them. He averaged 6.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game in his career. His career highs were 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. He was named player of the game twice.</p><p> </p><p>

Our final senior is PF Michael Mitchell from Andrews, Texas. Mitchell was a JC player who we recruited and he played two seasons for us. He was the #2,019 overall prospect that year. He appeared in 58 career games and started 29 of them. His career averages were 3.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.0 assists. His career highs were 14 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 assists. He was named player of the game 3 times. </p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> #42 PF Michael Mitchell - Abilene Christian - Senior

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Height: 6-8

Weight: 227

High School: Andrews High School

Hometown: Andrews, TX

 

Attributes:

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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA

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Current: 6 9 41 26 6 42 65 40 58 48 16 15 23 69 36 36

1939: 6 8 39 24 6 42 62 39 57 46 15 14 23 64 36 28

1938: 6 8 39 24 6 41 60 38 57 45 15 14 23 60 36 22

Potential: F F C D F C B C C C F F

 

Health: Good

Scholarship: Yes

Status: Active Roster

Academics: 79

 

Stat Averages:

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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF

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1939 29 29 29.5 4.0 2.7 8.0 0.9 1.9 0.45 0.5 0.3 2.6

1940 29 0 20.2 1.9 1.4 4.7 1.2 1.1 1.13 0.3 0.1 2.6

Career 58 29 24.9 3.0 2.1 6.3 1.0 1.5 1.13 0.4 0.2 2.6

 

Shooting Averages:

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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-

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1939 1.4 3.1 .462 0.9 1.4 .643 0.2 0.6 .294 1.27 -5.21

1940 0.6 2.0 .276 0.8 1.0 .759 0.1 0.9 .074 0.97 -4.48

Career 1.0 2.6 .389 0.8 1.2 .690 0.1 0.8 .159 1.15 -4.84

 

Stat Totals:

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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF

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1939 29 29 856 116 79 232 25 56 14 9 75

1940 29 0 587 56 40 135 35 31 8 4 74

Career 58 29 1443 172 119 367 60 87 22 13 149

 

Shooting Totals

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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-

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1939 42 91 27 42 5 17 -151

1940 16 58 22 29 2 27 -130

Career 58 149 49 71 7 44 -281

 

Career Highs:

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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA

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Season 14 4 10 3 1 2 3 4 6 4 4 2 4

Career 14 5 13 3 2 2 6 4 7 5 6 2 4

 

Awards & Acheivements:

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Season Award

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All Player of the Game: 3

1938 High School: Rated * and #2019 overall by the FBCB scouting service.

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<p>1940-1941 Season Recap</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1940-1941 Season Recap</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/15/40 UMass Lowell 7-23 268 L 76-54 0-1

11/19/40 at North Dakota 8-22 338 L 76-59 0-2

11/23/40 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 7-23 342 L 60-57 0-3

11/26/40 Grand Canyon 2-29 349 W 69-59 1-3

11/30/40 Northern Kentucky 10-21 249 L 65-57 1-4

12/03/40 at Dartmouth 8-21 272 L 74-43 1-5

12/10/40 at Maryland-Eastern Shore 5-26 347 W 67-60 2-5

12/15/40 at UT-Arlington 11-19 309 L 61-51 2-6

12/18/40 at Omaha 10-20 283 L 72-64 2-7

12/23/40 at Northern Arizona 14-19 306 L 77-63 2-8

12/27/40 Cal State Bakersfield 9-22 320 W 75-61 3-8

01/01/41 Stephen F. Austin 22-11 116 W 70-57 4-8 (1-0)

01/04/41 Houston Baptist 7-22 335 L 72-62 4-9 (1-1)

01/08/41 at Central Arkansas 8-21 321 L 68-58 4-10 (1-2)

01/11/41 at Lamar 16-16 296 L 76-67 4-11 (1-3)

01/15/41 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 15-15 258 L 78-58 4-12 (1-4)

01/18/41 New Orleans 9-21 327 W 80-77 5-12 (2-4)

01/25/41 at Sam Houston State 23-9 151 L 66-59 5-13 (2-5)

01/29/41 McNeese 14-17 307 W 66-56 6-13 (3-5)

02/01/41 Southeastern Louisiana 16-15 235 W 79-69 7-13 (4-5)

02/05/41 at Northwestern State 10-19 345 W 66-54 8-13 (5-5)

02/08/41 at Incarnate Word 7-22 337 L 72-64 8-14 (5-6)

02/15/41 Central Arkansas 8-21 321 L 71-65 8-15 (5-7)

02/19/41 at Stephen F. Austin 22-11 116 L 72-59 8-16 (5-8)

02/22/41 Lamar 16-16 296 W 73-72 9-16 (6-8)

02/26/41 at Houston Baptist 7-22 335 L 67-59 9-17 (6-9)

03/01/41 Nicholls 10-20 261 L 57-49 9-18 (6-10)

03/05/41 Sam Houston State 23-9 151 L 80-52 9-19 (6-11)

03/08/41 at New Orleans 9-21 327 L 79-75 9-20 (6-12)</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

Overall this was a disappointing season as we went 9-20 for the second straight year. We made some strides as I noted early but ultimately it was our ugly away performances that cost us dearly. I can't complain about a 7-6 home record when our away record was 2-14. This may be attributed to the young team and should be something we can fix moving forward. One thing to remember is that this season our 6 best players were all freshmen and sophomores. We increased our conference record from 5-13 to 6-12 and were again able to avoid last place (which right now is our Athletic Director's only goal - showing how far we have to go). I know anybody reading would be able to tell I obviously got frustrated during this season with our results and I'm hoping to see some big improvements next year.</p><p> </p><p>

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Current Performance

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Team Prestige: 2 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0 Poll Rank: NR

Season Record: 9-20 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0 RPI Rank: #351

Conference Record: 6-12 Record Vs 101-200: 1-3

Home Record: 7-6 Record Vs 200+: 8-17

 

 

Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR

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Points 62.8 11 297 Points 68.4 6 170 Points -5.7 9 282

O.Reb 9.3 13 308 O.Reb 12.5 8 307 O.Reb -3.1 12 333

D.Reb 23.8 11 289 D.Reb 26.2 10 251 D.Reb -2.4 11 314

Rebounds 33.1 12 315 Rebounds 38.7 9 296 Rebounds -5.5 11 338

Assists 10.4 12 322 Assists 11.1 2 7 Assists -0.7 9 201

Steals 5.1 8 223 Steals 5.2 3 87 Steals -0.1 7 171

Blocks 1.8 11 319 Blocks 2.1 1 13 Blocks -0.3 7 194

Turnovers 13.8 8 173 Turnovers 13.0 9 243 Turnovers 0.8 8 233

Fouls 22.8 12 349 Fouls 17.8 13 306 Fouls 5.0 13 351

FG% .416 10 241 FG% .425 6 137 FG% -.009 8 198

FT% .660 7 221 FT% .686 13 283 FT% -.027 8 270

3P% .326 6 190 3P% .268 1 2 3P% .058 2 22

PPS 1.16 11 294 PPS 1.27 10 271 PPS -.115 11 312

Adj. FG% .463 8 249 Adj. FG% .462 4 48 Adj. FG% .002 5 163</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

We finished dead last in RPI again as we did our inaugural season and this shows why. There aren't many encouraging numbers here and our foul differential was dead last in all of basketball. Again I'm hoping this is attributed to the youth because we had our entire starting lineup in foul trouble in all but one or two games the entire season. </p><p> </p><p>

Here are our season stats:</p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-

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Chung McLin SG 29 29 28.6 14.9 0.7 2.1 1.9 0.8 0.1 2.5 3.2 -0.8

Mark Gagne PG 19 14 27.2 6.2 0.6 3.4 1.7 1.7 0.0 2.2 2.8 -5.3

Virgil Yager C 29 29 26.0 7.2 1.2 4.9 0.7 0.3 0.8 1.6 3.3 -1.7

Celso Sanz PF 23 23 23.8 4.0 1.1 5.5 1.0 0.5 0.2 1.0 2.6 -1.3

Robert Smith SF 29 29 23.3 13.0 1.7 3.6 1.1 0.6 0.2 1.7 2.3 -1.7

Douglas Arguello SG 17 13 23.2 7.6 1.6 4.1 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.7 2.4 -2.6

Nickolas Toy SF 29 2 21.8 5.2 1.0 3.7 1.7 0.4 0.2 1.5 2.9 -5.0

Michael Mitchell PF 29 0 20.2 1.9 1.4 4.7 1.2 0.3 0.1 1.1 2.6 -4.5

John Gaudette C 29 6 12.7 2.8 0.6 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.5 1.8 -2.5

Jonathan Philip SG 28 0 9.8 4.3 0.2 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.9 -1.8

Willie Seibert SF 21 0 4.6 1.2 0.4 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.6 -1.8

Harland Kerr SG 11 0 4.0 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.2 -1.2

Henry Hughes C 16 0 3.8 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 -1.6

John Kirkpatrick SF 6 0 2.3 0.7 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.2

Terrance Doud C 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.5</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Departing Players</span></p><p> </p><p>

C John Gaudette - Graduating</p><p>

SF John Kirkpatrick - Graduating</p><p>

SG Jonathan Philip - Graduating</p><p>

SF Nickolas Toy - Graduating</p><p>

PF Michael Mitchell - Graduating</p><p>

C Terrance Doud - Transferred</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Incoming Players</span></p><p> </p><p>

C Lesley Franklin (*, #984 Overall - JC Player)</p><p>

C Joshua Gonzalez (*, #1,619 Overall)</p><p>

PG Emory Moultrie (*, #1,139 Overall)</p><p>

PF Tony Murray (*, #1,754 Overall - JC Player)</p><p>

SF Larry Harris (Graduate Transfer from North Texas)</p><p>

PF Harley Smith (Freshman Walk-On)</p><p> </p><p>

I did not get much of a chance to introduce this class. This year the players interested were not very good so I wanted to bring in two JC players so that we wouldn't have two dead scholarships for two years. I also didn't like the idea of having 5 scholarship players all in one year so wanted to mitigate some of that. </p><p> </p><p>

Tony Murray is a defense first big and Joshua Gonzalez is an inside scorer who is not a great defender. He may not end up playing that much due to his defense but the guy can score from the inside. Larry Harris is a graduate transfer who is decent offensively but probably won't see much time. </p><p> </p><p>

Last year our recruiting class was fourth in the conference and #147 overall. This year we were dead last in the conference and #340 overall. I took a risk by going after bigger names and it didn't pay off. Thankfully we really will only end up with two freshmen this year on scholarship.</p>

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<p>1941 Offseason</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1940 Offseason</strong></p><p> </p><p>

We had some conference movement this year as Belmont and Florida Atlantic swapped conferences. Belmont now joins Conference USA and Florida Atlantic joins the Ohio Valley Conference.</p><p> </p><p>

Also some good news for Abilene Christian is that the Athletic Director has informed me that our training facilities will be upgraded for next season. Right now our facilities are at a 0 so that will be nice and helpful for the players in their development. </p><p> </p><p>

Here is our roster for the upcoming season:</p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown

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Henry Hughes 4 C Sr 6-10 265 Yes 70 OK Whitewright, TX

Willie Seibert 0 SF Sr 6-7 225 Yes 16 OK Alpine, TX

Harland Kerr 15 SG Sr 6-4 213 Yes 30 OK Lubbock, TX

Larry Harris 20 SF Sr 6-7 228 Yes 77 OK Brownwood, TX

Virgil Yager 25 C Jr 6-10 215 Yes 31 OK Meeker, OK

Celso Sanz 45 PF Jr 6-9 237 No 22 OK Bells, TX

Tony Murray 3 PF Jr 6-6 248 Yes 26 OK Amarillo, TX

Lesley Franklin 10 C Jr 6-9 230 Yes 40 OK Brownfield, TX

Douglas Arguello 50 SG So* 6-3 184 Yes 44 OK Sunray, TX

Mark Gagne 24 PG So 5-10 160 Yes 89 OK Whiteface, TX

Chung McLin 43 SG So 6-1 200 Yes 27 OK San Angelo, TX

Robert Smith 14 SF So 6-9 234 Yes 58 OK Abilene, TX

Emory Moultrie 55 PG Fr 6-0 178 Yes 82 OK Clarendon, TX

Joshua Gonzalez 12 C Fr 6-8 228 Yes 38 OK Plainville, KS

Harley Smith 11 PF Fr 6-7 233 No 20 OK Marlin, TX</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

We have 4 seniors, none of whom should really factor into the team much this season. Yes that is bad because we will be relying on underclassmen, but it also is good because it means that the 4 players we use those scholarships on next year will all be long term upgrades. I will make sure of that as I am not in the business of wasting any scholarships on freshmen. As I have shown in this offseason and last I would rather use scholarships on JC players and grad transfers for a year or two that can be helpful than have 3-4 scholarships go to freshmen that have absolutely zero potential.</p><p> </p><p>

Here is our call list for the season:</p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State

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Gil Morales SG 6-5 197 *** Very High Texas

Joe Jacobs PF 6-5 222 *** Very High Texas

Joseph Hill SG 6-2 179 *** Very High Texas

Shayne Neal SF 6-5 203 ** Very High Texas

Sancho Pastor SF 6-7 214 ** Very High Texas

Chris Wallace C 6-11 262 * Very High Texas

Jerome Orta SF 6-7 254 * Very High Texas

Nicolas Goodson SF 6-8 216 * Very High Texas

Charles Stout C 6-10 223 *** High Texas

Justin Pate SG 6-6 191 *** High Texas

Gregory Cox C 6-10 267 ** High Texas

Joseph Gillespie C 6-9 232 ** High Oklahoma

Shawn Counts SF 6-4 199 ** High New Mexico

Andrew Jones C 6-7 241 * High Colorado

Winston Batten SG 6-1 180 * High Illinois

Gregory Daves C 6-10 232 * High Texas

Justin King SG 6-5 193 * High Texas

Jerome Miele C 6-11 226 * High Texas

Elijah Saez C 7-6 204 * High Texas

Jed Carrillo SG 6-2 188 * High Arkansas</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

Our team needs are definitely big men as well as SF so it is nice to see that there are a good amount of those that are interested in us. We are going to be making a hard push for these guys and instead of trying for the guys with average interest and losing out on them as well as the better guys with high interest we are going to be going after these players. We can't afford a flop of a recruiting class this year (which is what I ultimately feel our last class was). We have 4 scholarships available and I am hoping we can use them wisely. A few of these are JC players but that is not by design and is simply because they may be the best options available to us.</p>

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<p>1941-1942 Season Preview</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1941-1942 Season Preview</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Our schedule is once again a weak one but it is the most difficult one we have scheduled. I'm hoping we can win our games at home and be better on the road. I am full of optimism this season as instead of relying on a strong freshman class we will now be relying on those players as they enter their sophomore season.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Team News</strong></p><p> </p><p>

PF Harley Smith is academically ineligible for the first semester and will be re-evaluated after that.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Athletic Director Goal</strong></p><p> </p><p>

The Athletic Director's goal is to once again avoid last place in the conference.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Team Schedule</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/14/41 Grand Canyon 0-0 351

11/18/41 Maryland-Eastern Shore 0-0 151

11/22/41 at Bethune-Cookman 0-0 22

11/27/41 at Bryant 0-0 337

12/02/41 at UMass Lowell 0-0 347

12/05/41 at Grambling State 0-0 100

12/09/41 Campbell 0-0 39

12/15/41 at Mississippi Valley State 0-0 164

12/18/41 at Dartmouth 0-0 61

12/22/41 at North Dakota 0-0 338

12/26/41 North Carolina Central 0-0 335

12/31/41 Incarnate Word 0-0 349

01/03/42 at Lamar 0-0 132

01/07/42 at Stephen F. Austin 0-0 256

01/10/42 Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 239

01/14/42 Sam Houston State 0-0 226

01/17/42 at TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 268

01/24/42 Central Arkansas 0-0 339

01/28/42 at McNeese 0-0 153

01/31/42 at Sam Houston State 0-0 226

02/04/42 Lamar 0-0 132

02/07/42 at Incarnate Word 0-0 349

02/11/42 Stephen F. Austin 0-0 256

02/14/42 at Central Arkansas 0-0 339

02/21/42 Northwestern State 0-0 192

02/25/42 at New Orleans 0-0 350

02/28/42 Houston Baptist 0-0 327

03/04/42 at Nicholls 0-0 181

03/07/42 TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 268 </pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Starting Lineup</strong></p><p> </p><p>

PG - Mark Gagne (SO)</p><p>

SG - Chung McLin (SO)</p><p>

SF - Robert Smith (SO)</p><p>

PF - Lesley Franklin (JR)</p><p>

C - Virgil Yager (JR)</p><p> </p><p>

6th - PG Douglas Arguello (SO*) - Arguello is a talented defender who won't score all that much but can when it is asked of him. </p><p> </p><p>

7th - PG Emory Moultrie (FR) - Moultrie isn't that great of a shooter but he can play good defense and limits turnovers.</p><p> </p><p>

8th - PF Celso Sanz (JR) - We all know about Sanz. He is solid defensively and still has a lot of developing to do. Hopefully he can blossom this year and next.</p><p> </p><p>

9th - C Joshua Gonzalez (FR) - Gonzalez is a great inside threat and is a great passer for a big man. His rebounding is a work in progress though.</p><p> </p><p>

10th - SF Larry Harris (SR*) - Harris is a solid shooter who will be called upon whenever Smith comes out of the game.</p>

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<p>November 1941</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>November 1941</strong></p><p> </p><p>

</p><pre class="ipsCode"> Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record

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11/14/41 Grand Canyon 2-3 208 L 71-67 0-1

11/18/41 Maryland-Eastern Shore 1-3 346 W 76-61 1-1

11/22/41 at Bethune-Cookman 2-1 253 L 84-75 1-2

11/27/41 at Bryant 1-2 196 L 73-62 1-3</pre><div></div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 14, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Grand Canyon (0-0) vs. Abilene Christian (0-0)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Grand Canyon - 71, Abilene Christian - 67. I was very proud of us in this one as we only lost by 4 but went 8-16 from the free throw line and we allowed 17 offensive rebounds. We won the turnover margin +5 (9 to 14) which helped us keep it close. Chung McLin had 21 points and 5 assists while Virgil Yager had 14 points. In his first game Lesley Franklin had 6 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 18, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Maryland-Eastern Shore (1-0) vs. Abilene Christian (0-1)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Maryland-Eastern Shore - 61, Abilene Christian - 76. We were +7 in turnover margin (12 to 19) and were able to pull out a comfortable victory despite going 24-37 from the free throw line. So far we look much more competent than last year. I think I have failed to realize that even though we have gotten better the teams around us have gotten better as well. Robert Smith had 25 points and Virgil Yager had 11 before leaving with a pulled groin which will cause him to be day-to-day. Mark Gagne left with a sprained wrist and will be out for around 9 days. Douglas Arguello came up huge off the bench with a double-double! He had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 assists. 7 of his rebounds were on the offensive glass. The bench had 25 points in this one and it was a true team effort.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 22, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (1-1) vs. Bethune-Cookman (0-1)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 75, Bethune-Cookman - 84. We were -1 in the turnover margin (14 to 13) but it was ultimately free throw shooting that cost us as we went 15-21 (71%) and shot 27% from 3 while they shot 35%. Chung McLin had 18 points and 4 assists. Mark Gagne played through his injury to score 15 points and 4 assists. </p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">November 27, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (1-2) vs. Bryant (0-2)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 62, Bryant - 73. We continue to beat ourselves as this time we shot 62% from the free throw line and allowed 8 three pointers and Robert Smith went an ugly 3-16 from the field. Chung McLin had 22 points and Lesley Franklin had 10 rebounds. Their bench had 30 points which is how they won this one.</p><p> </p><p>

Overall Record: 1-3</p><p>

Home Record: 1-1</p><p>

Road Record: 0-2</p><p>

Ranking: NR</p><p>

RPI: 334</p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Season Stats</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>PPG</strong></p><p> </p><p>

SG Chung McLin - 17.8</p><p>

SF Robert Smith - 12.3</p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 10.0</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>RPG</strong></p><p> </p><p>

PF Lesley Franklin - 6.0</p><p>

C Virgil Yager - 5.5</p><p>

SF Robert Smith - 4.0</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>APG</strong></p><p> </p><p>

SG Chung McLin - 3.5</p><p>

SG Douglas Arguello - 2.0</p><p>

PF Lesley Franklin - 1.8</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Recruiting News</strong></p><p> </p><p>

We have two commitments already! SF Sancho Pastor from Clyde, Texas and SG Joseph Hill from Stephensville, Texas. Pastor is a 2 star recruit and #509 overall who has the potential to be a great inside scorer but isn't great on the defensive side of things. Hill is a 3 star recruit and #317 overall. He is a great get and although he doesn't fit a huge position of need he is going to be a great scorer and defender. He is best when the ball is in his hand only when he's shooting as he is an awful ball-handler.</p>

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<p>December 1941</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>December 1941</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 2, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (1-3) vs. UMass-Lowell (1-3)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 69, UMass Lowell - 56. Robert Smith had 15 points with 6 rebounds but the real star was Mark Gagne with 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals. Douglas Arguello gave us 5 points and 7 rebounds off the bench. We had 14 offensive rebounds in this one and we were able to win despite going 1-13 from 3 and only 8 assists (to their 11). We were +6 in the turnover margin (9 to 15) and pulled out a big win on the road.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 5, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (2-3) vs. Grambling State (1-4)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 64, Grambling State - 63. With 30 seconds left and a 1 point lead Mark Gagne missed both free throws after a foul but got the rebound. Then before he could be fouled again Virgil Yager was called for an illegal screen. It looked like we had thrown the win away but Grambling State was unable to get a shot off so we preserved our lead that we worked so hard to throw away. We were called for 16 first half fouls which put us in a lot of trouble and a big deficit early and is the only reason that one was even close to begin with. Chung McLin had 15 points and both Robert Smith and Mark Gagne had 9 points. We allowed 14 offensive rebounds in this one including a lot in the final few minutes that allowed Grambling State to comeback. We were -2 in turnover differential (15 to 13) despite having 8 steals to their 3. We were turning the ball over often in this one and it made it hard to get momentum. Nevertheless we were able to still win the game and get our 2nd road win of the season. We still are not a great team but I think it is clear that we are much improved as last season we didn't get our 2nd road win until February, 21 games into the season. Hopefully we can get at least one more by then.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 9, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Campbell (0-6) vs. Abilene Christian (3-3)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Campbell - 69, Abilene Christian - 77. We were +5 in the turnover margin (16 to 21) and this one was only close due to us letting a 19 point lead with 9 minutes left turn into a 6 point lead with 2 minutes left. We went 12-24 from the free throw line this game including missing the front end of six one-and-one's. Robert Smith had 19 points and 5 rebounds and Chung McLin had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Smith went 8-15 from the floor and McLin went 7-20 so although they scored a lot they were inefficient. Virgil Yager had 12 rebounds in this one and we have what I believe is our first ever winning record! </p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 15, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (4-3) vs. Mississippi Valley State (0-6)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 69, Mississippi Valley State - 64. We let a 15 point lead get down to a one possession game but we were able to hold on for the win. Robert Smith had 18 points and Chung McLin had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. We let up 13 offensive rebounds in this one which was a big part of their comeback. We were -2 in turnover differential (12 to 10). </p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 18, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (5-3) vs. Dartmouth (2-6)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 71, Dartmouth - 70. Mark Gagne had 18 points and Chung McLin had 16. Lesley Franklin had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>League News</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Sam Houston State is up to 9-0 and is #12 in the national top 25 poll!</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 22, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

Abilene Christian (6-3) vs. North Dakota (4-4)</p><p> </p><p>

Final Score: Abilene Christian - 81, North Dakota - 72. Chung McLin and Mark Gagne both had 17 points and Gagne added on 7 rebounds. The bench had 22 points and came up big in this one.</p><p> </p><p>

<span style="text-decoration:underline;">December 2, 1941</span></p><p> </p><p>

North Carolina Central (3-7) vs. Abilene Christian (7-3)</p><p> </p><p>

It always takes two of three things that would normally happen maybe once a year for us to lose. In this one they shot over 75% from three, had a 5 point play, and missed 3 free throws after a foul just to get the rebound and then make a 3 pointer anyways. These are things that might happen once in a season (and usually not even that often) and are the things that are happening every single game against us. Never for us but always against us. </p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="font-size:36px;">Series is over. This game is a joke and absolutely awful.</span></strong></p>

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