2012-13 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN BASKETBALL

1 2012- 13 stephen f . AUSTIN BASKETBALLBen Rikard, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Office (936) 468-5801 Cell (936) 554-2077E-mail: Twitter: @SFA_Athletics INFORMATIONGAME 9 NORMAN, OKLA. (LLOYD NOBLE CENTER) STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS (7-1)Head Coach: Danny Kaspar (North Texas, 1978)Career Record: 445-190 (21st season), Record at SFA: 226-137 (13th season)OKLAHOMA SOONERS (7-2) Head Coach: Lon Kruger (Kansas State, 1975)Career Record: 501-322 (27th season) Record at OU: 22-18 (2nd season)Date / Time: Sat., Dec. 18 / 7:00 CTSite: Norman, Okla. Arena: Lloyd Noble Center (12,000)TV: NoneRadio: None Video: Sooner Sports TVLive Stats: Updates: : First Meeting First Meeting: 1-1 Last Meeting: SFA 66, OU 62 - Dec. 8, 2007 Kaspar vs OU: 1-0 SCHEDULE / RESULTSN ovember (4-0) 09 Howard Payne W, 84-3017 at Florida International W, 69-6020 Jarvis Christian W, 78-39 24 at Tulsa W, 57-41 December (3-1) 01 San Diego W, 56-5105 at Texas A&M L, 62-5408 LSU Shreveport W, 73-4615 Lubbock Christian W, 78-6718 at Oklahoma 7:00 Grambling 7:00 at A&M-Corpus Christi* 3:00 (0-0) 03 Lamar 8:00 McNeese State* 6:00 at Central Arkansas* 7:30 at Oral Roberts* 7:30 Southeastern La.

2 * 8:00 Nicholls* 6:00 at Northwestern State* 3:00 at McNeese State* 7:30 (0-0) 02 at Lamar* 6:00 Central Arkansas* 8:00 Oral Roberts* 6:00 at Nicholls* 7:30 at Southeastern La.* 4:00 at Sam Houston State* 7:30 at ESPN Bracket Busters& TBAM arch (0-0) 02 Northwestern State* 6:00 Sam Houston State* 8:00 A&M-Corpus Christi* 6:00 Southland Tourney+ TBA* Southland Conference Game + Southland Conference Tournament& Sears Bracket Busters STORY LINES With wins in seven of its first eight games of the season, the Jacks will now travel north for its final non-conference road test until February on Tuesday when it takes on the Oklahoma Sooners at the Lloyd Noble Center. It will be the first time SFA has taken on Oklahoma since the 2007-08 season when the Jacks left Norman with a 66-62 win over the Blake Griffin-led Sooners, a signature non-conference win in a season that peaked in SFA s first-ever Southland Conference LAST TIME OUT SFA got a career-high 24 points from Desmond Haymon and hit beter than 59 percent from the floor, needing all the offense it could get to hold off a pesky Lubbock Christian squad, 78-67, on Saturday at William R.

3 Johnson Coliseum. SFA put four players in double figures, led by Haymon, who hit eight of his 10 shots from the field - including a career-best four from downtown - to go with five rebounds. Meanwhile, Taylor Smith also continued his run of solid play, going for 16 points, five rebounds and four blocks. In addition, Antonio Bostic added 12 and Jacob Parker 11 while Hal Bateman dished out six of SFA s 17 assists on the night. UP NEXT The Jacks get just two days off before hosting Grambling in its final tune up before opening Southland Conference play after a nine-day layoff on December 29 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. SFA PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPG 4 SRG 5 SRG 25 JRF 34 SOF 32 SRHalBatemanAntonioBosticDesmondHaymonJa cobParkerTaylorSmithPTS PTS PTS PTS PTS PTSREB REB REB REB REB REBAST AST AST AST AST BLKO ther STL STL STL STL STLSFA Athletics@SFA_Athletics150 Years Of Southland Basketball2012- 13 stephen f .

4 AUSTIN MEN S | | @SFA_Athletics2 QUICK FACTSUNIVERSITYL ocation: Nacogdoches, TexasFounded: 1921 First Classes: 1923 Enrollment: 12,999 Nickname: LumberjacksSchool Colors: Purple & White/Red TrimArena: William R. Johnson ColiseumCapacity: 7,203 Affiliation: NCAA Div. IConference: SouthlandPresident: Dr. Baker PattilloAthletics Director: Robert HillAssoc. AD-Compliance: Matt FenleyAsst. AD-External Affairs: John BranchAsst. AD-Business Affairs: Rob MeyersAsst. AD-Student Services: Rob McDermandTEAMHead Coach: Danny KasparAlma Mater/Yr: North Texas/1978 Record at School/Yrs: 226-137/12 Overall Record/Yrs: 445-190/21 Assistant Coaches: Brette Tanner Talvin Hester Nick ShawGraduate Assistant: Kyle RileyAthletic Trainer: Steve CondonMEN S BASKETBALL HISTORYF irst Year of BASKETBALL : 1923 All-Time Record: 1,293-850 NCAA Tourney Appearances: 1 (2009) Last Postseason Appearance: NCAA, 2009 (0-1) Last Opponent: vs.

5 Syracuse Result: L, 59-44 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSL ocation: Nacogdoches, TexasFounded: 1921 SFA SOCIAL MEDIAF acebook: SFA AthleticsTwitter: @SFA_AthleticsQUICK HITS The Lumberjacks will be looking to extend their streak of 40 consecutive games of holding op-ponents under 70 points. SFA went all of 2011-12 without allowing 70 points to an opponent and has done so in the first eight games of this season. SFA has taken on 10 teams from the state of Oklahoma in the Danny Kaspar era, winning each of the last nine from Texas neighbor to the north. The last time SFA lost to a team from Oklahoma was a 78-57 loss to Oral Roberts in Tulsa during the 2001-02 season. After outrebounding Lubbock Christian, 31-21, on Saturday, SFA has now outrebounded 17 of its last 18 opponents with its win over San Diego being the only occasion it has not happened when the Toreros drew even on the boards, 26-26.

6 SFA is 41-0 vs non-Division I programs in the Danny Kaspar era. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN and Wisconsin are the only two programs in the nation to be ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense each of the last five seasons. 2012-13 SFA BASKETBALL ROSTERNO NAME POS HT WT CL-EXP HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Thomas Walkup SG 6-4 195 FR-RS Pasadena, Texas/Deer Park HS 1 Danilo Toskovic F 6-6 205 JR-TR Santa Monica, Calif. (Western Wyoming CC) 3 Deshaunt Walker SG 6-0 170 JR-TR Silver Springs, Md. (South Plains Coll.) 4 Hal Bateman PG 5-11 170 SR-1L Davenport, Iowa (Des Moines Area CC) 5 Antonio Bostic SG 6-2 175 SR-2L Shawnee, Kan. (Neosho County CC)10 Trey Pinkney PG 5-9 160 FR-HS Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes HS11 Adam Perez PG 5-11 165 FR-HS San Antonio, Texas/Clark HS12 Jared Harrison PG 5-11 175 Slidell, HS (Conners St. College)15 Joe Bright F 6-4 205 SR-1L Minneapolis, Minn. (Howard College)22 Rex Baxter, Jr. F 6-4 190 FR-HS Houston, Texas/Klein HS23 Nikola Gajic F 6-5 200 JR-TR Bosnia (Jacksonville College)25 Desmond Haymon SG 6-3 190 JR-2L Durant, HS32 Taylor Smith F 6-6 215 SR-1L Schertz, Texas (McLennan CC)33 Patrick Costello F 6-9 205 FR-HS Houston, Texas/Pope John XXIII HS34 Jacob Parker F 6-6 210 SO-1L Bixby, HS43 Ice Asortse F 6-7 230 JR-TR Nigeria (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) Head Coach: Danny Kaspar 13th season North Texas (1978)Assistant Coaches: Brette Tanner (7th yr): Talvin Hester (1st yr): Nick Shaw (2nd yr)Graduate Assistant: Kyle Riley (2nd yr)Managers: Charley Merriweather, John McElhanyStrength & Conditioning: Brittany CastledineAthletic Trainer: Steve CondonSERIES vs OKLAHOMAS eries vs.

7 OU: Tied, 1-1 Last 5 Meetings 2007-08 at Oklahoma W 66-621980-81 at Oklahoma L 88-55 Last Meeting Josh Alexander finished with a game-high 19 points at Oklahoma and calmly knocked down a pair of free throws with seconds left to seal the Lumberjacks 66-62 win over the Sooners. The victory was SFA s first against a Big 12 Conference opponent since the Lumberjacks knocked off Baylor on the road in 2003, and extended SFA s win streak to five games, including three straight on the road, and tying the Lumberjacks best start to a season since 1981-82. OU came into the game shooting .485 from the floor and .390 from 3-point range, but SFA held OU to 40 percent from the field and the Sooners went 2-for-14 from behind the arc and didn t have a three until late in the second NotesThe Jacks have played twice in Norman, winning at the Lloyd Noble Center in the 2007-08 season behind 19 points from Josh Alexander and 16 from Matt Kingsley.

8 QUICK HITS The Lumberjacks will be looking to extend their streak of 34 consecutive games of holding an op-ponent under 70 points. SFA went all of 2011-12 without allowing 70 points to an opponent. SFA is now 9-4 in season-opening games under Danny Kaspar. The Jacks have compiled a 13-13 record in season openers as a D-I program (since 1986-87) Under Kaspar, the Jacks are 7-0 when opening the season at home and 12-6 in home season openers overall as a Division I program. SFA has won its last 13 home openers, last losing to Texas A&M to open the 1998-99 season. SFA is 37-0 vs non-Division I programs in the Danny Kaspar era. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN and Wisconsin are the only two programs in the nation to be ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense each of the last five seasons. 2012- 13 stephen f . AUSTIN MEN S | | @SFA_Athletics3 LUMBERJACK HONOR ROLLANTONIO BOSTIC- Preseason all-SLC First Team- SLC Player of the Week (11/19/12)TAYLOR SMITH- Preseason all-SLC First TeamRk.

9 Team Record Texas 299-115 .7222. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 219-136 .6163. Sam Houston State 224-140 .6154. UTEP 233-160 .5935. Texas A&M 221-161 .5786. Baylor 204-166 .5517. North Texas 194-170 .5328. UT Arlington 188-168 .5289. Texas Tech 205-185 .52510. Houston 192-183 .51211. UTSA 184-177 .51012. A&M-Corpus Christi 181-174 .50913. Lamar 182-179 .50414. SMU 169-196 .46815. TCU 167-207 .446 Rice 166-206 .44617. Texas State 152-197 .43518. Texas Southern 148-218 .40419. UT-Pan American 140-219 .39020. Prairie View A&M 123-235 .344 Ranked by win percentage from the 2000-01 season through the end of the 2011-12 I TEAMS IN TEXASSFA vs 2012-13 OPPONENTSH oward Payne 48-30 Florida International 1-1 Jarvis Christian 4-0 Tulsa 2-0 San Diego 3-1 Texas A&M 3-19 LSU Shreveport 1-0 Lubbock Christian 1-0 Oklahoma 1-1 Grambling 3-2 Southeastern La.* 25-14 Central Arkansas* 8-0 Oral Roberts* 4-5 Sam Houston State* 95-99A&M-Corpus* 9-3 McNeese State* 39-37 Nicholls* 31-23 Lamar* 25-25 Northwestern State* 51-60 SITTIN ON 20: The Jacks have six 20-win campaigns since becoming a Division I program in 1988.

10 All six of those 20-win seasons have come under Danny : SFA has held each of its 32 opponents under 70 points in 2011-12, and has done the same in each of its first eight games of 2012-13 to extend its school-record streak of sub-70 defensive performances to 40. The last team to score 70 on the Jacks was Northwestern State, when they did so in a 70-65 win over SFA in 2010-11 in Natchitoches, HOMECOMING: Jacob Parker had a career afternoon in SFA s win at Tulsa, scoring a career-high 16 points and pulling down four rebounds. A native of Bixby, Okla., which is just outside of Tulsa, Parker hit seven of his 10 shots from the field, including a pair of three-point THE BIG XII: SFA is 2-11 against teams from the Big XII in 12 years under head coach Danny Kaspar. The Lumberjacks knocked off Baylor, 79-57, in Waco during the 2003-04 season and defeated Oklahoma, 66-62, on the road in 2007-08. This year the Jacks play just one Big XII opponent, making their first trip to Norman since their upset of the Sooners in FIRST: The Lumberjacks finished third in the nation in scoring defense at points per game allowed in 2011-12, a new school record.