2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball
CBI, First round
Conference Southland Conference
2015–16 record 17–17 (10–8 Southland)
Head coach Ron Cottrell (25th year)
Assistant coach Steven Key
Assistant coach Justin "Jud" Kinne
Assistant coach Jeremy Case
Home arena Sharp Gymnasium
(Capacity: 1,500)
2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Stephen F. Austin † 18 – 0   1.000     28 – 6   .824
Texas A&M–CC 15 – 3   .833     25 – 8   .758
Sam Houston State 12 – 6   .667     18 – 16   .529
Incarnate Word* 12 – 6   .667     17 – 12   .586
Houston Baptist 10 – 8   .556     17 – 17   .500
Southeastern Louisiana 9 – 9   .500     12 – 21   .364
Abilene Christian* 8 – 10   .444     13 – 18   .419
McNeese State 7 – 11   .389     9 – 20   .310
Central Arkansas** 6 – 12   .333     7 – 21   .250
New Orleans 6 – 12   .333     10 – 20   .333
Nicholls State 6 – 12   .333     11 – 23   .324
Northwestern State 5 – 13   .278     8 – 20   .286
Lamar 3 – 15   .167     11 – 19   .367
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I
** Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2016 Southland Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This season was head coach Ron Cottrell's twenty-fifth season at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 17–17, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Southeastern Louisiana to advance to the semifinals of the Southland Tournament where they lost to Stephen F. Austin. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to UNC Greensboro.

Media

All Houston Baptist games will be broadcast online live by the Legacy Sports Network (LSN). LSN will also provide online video for every non-televised Huskies home game. However HBU games can air on ESPN3 as part of the Southland Conference TV packages.

Preseason

The Huskies finished ninth in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Director's Poll.[1]

Roster

2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
G 2 Odunsi, AnthonyAnthony Odunsi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Travis
Utah/Tyler JC/Albany		 Sugar Land, TX
G 3 Cantwell, AsaAsa Cantwell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Johnson San Antonio, TX
C 4 Stetler, CodyCody Stetler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Hoisington Hoisington, KS
F 5 Lasher, ColterColter Lasher 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Dimond
Impact Prep		 Anchorage, AK
G 10 Patterson, TreyTrey Patterson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Plano East Plano, TX
G/F 11 Crayton, CalebCaleb Crayton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Northeast Academy Oklahoma City, OK
G/F 12 Harris, TerryTerry Harris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, NY
G 13 O'Suji, StephenStephen O'Suji 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Kinkaid Houston, TX
G 14 Thomas, NicNic Thomas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr HSAA Arlington, TX
G 15 Chukwujekwu, RevealReveal Chukwujekwu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Strake Jesuit Houston, TX
G/F 23 Fountain, AlexAlex Fountain 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Wartburg Central Wartburg, TN
G 24 Block, KyrenKyren Block 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Brennan San Antonio, TX
G 25 Gates, Jr., WillWill Gates, Jr. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Clemens
Furman		 San Antonio, TX
G/F 30 Stickler, JourdanJourdan Stickler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Annapolis High School
Morehead State/Blinn		 Annapolis, MD
C 33 Robinson, IsaiahIsaiah Robinson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Jefferson Portland, OR
C 44 Ibarra, JoshJosh Ibarra 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Angleton High School Angleton, TX
G 55 Anderson, EvanEvan Anderson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Bradford Kenosha, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2015-12-05

Schedule and results

Source:[2][3]

Date
Time, TV		 Opponent Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season

11/13/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at New Mexico State L 69–91  0–1
 Pan American Center (5,130)
Las Cruces, NM

11/16/2015*
7:00 pm		 Crowley's Ridge W 102–62  1–1
 Sharp Gymnasium (848)
Houston, TX

11/19/2015*
7:00 pm		 at TCU
Cancún Challenge		 L 63–90  1–2
 Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (3,233)
Fort Worth, TX

11/21/2015*
7:30 pm		 at Illinois State
Cancún Challenge		 L 56–72  1–3
 Redbird Arena (4,100)
Normal, IL

11/24/2015*
2:00 pm		 vs. South Dakota State
Cancún Challenge		 L 68–92  1–4
 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982)
Cancún

11/25/2015*
11:30 am		 vs. Rider
Cancún Challenge		 L 56–67  1–5
 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982)
Cancún

12/02/2015*
7:30 pm		 Rice W 77–73  2–5
 Sharp Gymnasium (887)
Houston, TX

12/05/2015*
1:00 pm, ESPNU		 at Michigan L 57-82  2-6
 Crisler Center (11,399)
Ann Arbor, MI

12/12/2015*
7:00 pm		 Arlington Baptist W 110–53  3–6
 Sharp Gymnasium (542)
Houston, TX

12/15/2015*
7:30 pm		 UC Riverside W 72–59  4–6
 Sharp Gymnasium (532)
Houston, TX

12/19/2015*
1:30 pm		 at Arizona State L 79–98  4–7
 Wells Fargo Arena (4,573)
Tempe, AZ

12/29/2015*
7:00 pm		 Ecclesia W 101–47  5–7
 Sharp Gymnasium (501)
Houston, TX

01/02/2016
3:00 pm		 at Northwestern State W 99–73  6–7
(1–0)		 Prather Coliseum (1,218)
Natchitoches, LA

01/05/2016
7:00 pm		 McNeese State W 82–73  7–7
(2–0)		 Sharp Gymnasium (657)
Houston, TX

01/09/2016
7:00 pm		 Southeastern Louisiana W 77–58  8–7
(3–0)		 Sharp Gymnasium (621)
Houston, TX

01/13/2016
7:00 pm		 Nicholls State W 78–69  9–7
(4–0)		 Sharp Gymnasium (517)
Houston, TX

01/16/2016
6:30 pm, ESPN3		 at New Orleans W 73–69  10–7
(5–0)		 Lakefront Arena (1,066)
New Orleans, LA

01/19/2016
7:00 pm		 at Central Arkansas W 72–61  11–7
(6–0)		 Farris Center 
Conway, AR

01/23/2016
6:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Lamar W 92–79  12–7
(7–0)		 Montagne Center (2,312)
Beaumont, TX

01/25/2016*
7:00 pm		 Hillsdale Free Will Baptist W 109–84  13–7
 Sharp Gymnasium (683)
Houston, TX

01/30/2016
7:00 pm		 Sam Houston State W 70–69  14–7
(8–0)		 Sharp Gymnasium (1,075)
Houston, TX

02/02/2016
7:00 pm		 at Abilene Christian L 72–79  14–8
(8–1)		 Moody Coliseum (1,226)
Abilene, TX

02/06/2016
7:00 pm		 Stephen F. Austin L 66–72  14–9
(8–2)		 Sharp Gymnasium (1,082)
Houston, TX

02/08/2016
8:00 pm, ASN		 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 76–83  14–10
(8–3)		 American Bank Center (1,038)
Corpus Christi, TX

02/13/2016
7:00 pm		 at Sam Houston State L 68–80  14–11
(8–4)		 Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,172)
Huntsville, TX

02/15/2016
7:00 pm		 Lamar W 79–78  15–11
(9–4)		 Sharp Gymnasium (703)
Houston, TX

02/18/2016
7:00 pm		 at Abilene Christian W 73–71  16–11
(10–4)		 Moody Coliseum (827)
Abilene, TX

02/22/2016
7:00 pm		 Incarnate Word L 91–97  16–12
(10–5)		 Sharp Gymnasium (818)
Houston, TX

02/27/2016
6:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Stephen F. Austin L 54–82  16–13
(10–6)		 William R. Johnson Coliseum (6,012)
Nacogdoches, TX

03/03/2016
7:30 pm		 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 71–81  16–14
(10–7)		 Sharp Gymnasium (957)
Houston, TX

03/05/2016
4:00 pm		 at Incarnate Word L 86–97  16–15
(10–8)		 McDermott Center (1,058)
San Antonio, TX
Southland Tournament

03/10/2016
5:00 pm, ESPN3		 vs. Southeastern Louisiana
Quarterfinals		 W 73–68  17–15
 Merrell Center (1,298)
Katy, TX

03/11/2016
5:00 pm		 vs. Stephen F. Austin
Semifinals		 L 68–104  17–16
 Merrell Center (3,019)
Katy, TX
CBI

03/16/2016*
6:00 pm		 at UNC Greensboro
First round		 L 65–69  17–17
 Greensboro Coliseum (1,031)
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen F Austin Named as Favorite in Conference Preseason Polls". Southland Conference. October 28, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule". Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Houston Baptist Huskies Schedule - 2015-16". ESPN.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
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