Stephen F. Austin snares South Carolina coach
Brad Underwood followed Frank Martin to South Carolina, but he only lasted one year before a school promoted him to be their head coach.
| Final - 3.19.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks | 32 | 25 | 57 |
| Stanford Cardinal | 31 | 27 | 58 |
Brad Underwood followed Frank Martin to South Carolina, but he only lasted one year before a school promoted him to be their head coach.
The transitioning Sun Belt school has stolen their new head coach from a former conference rival and a current in-state rival.
Northwestern State's press defense and high tempo offense were just enough to sneak past top seed Stephen F. Austin and into the NCAA Tournament.
The Northwestern State Wildcats won a back-and-forth battle against the top-seeded Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks.
Either Stephen F. Austin or Northwestern State will go to sleep Saturday night with an NCAA tournament bid secured.
Southeastern Louisiana won a laugher while Sam Houston State came from behind to win, and now they'll face the Southland's well-rested top seeds.
The Lumberjacks will have to win the Southland Conference Tournament if they hope to reach the NCAA Tournament.
With a little Better Know Your Opponent thrown in for good measure
The last time the Lamar Cardinals and Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks went head-to-head, Pat Knight went on an all-time rant of how irresponsible his seniors were. Lamar has won four straight games since.
Arizona State hits the lowest point of their season in a 69-68 loss to the visiting Lumberjacks.
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Payne | Friday, November 09 2012 | win 84 - 30 | coverage |
| @ Fla. International Golden Panthers | Saturday, November 17 2012 | win 69 - 60 | coverage |
| Jarvis Christian | Tuesday, November 20 2012 | win 78 - 39 | coverage |
| @ Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Saturday, November 24 2012 | win 57 - 41 | coverage |
| December | |||
| San Diego Toreros | Saturday, December 01 2012 | win 56 - 51 | coverage |
| @ Texas A&M Aggies | Wednesday, December 05 2012 | loss 54 - 62 | coverage |
| LSU-Shreveport | Saturday, December 08 2012 | win 73 - 46 | coverage |
| Lubbock Christian | Saturday, December 15 2012 | win 78 - 67 | coverage |
| @ Oklahoma Sooners | Tuesday, December 18 2012 | win 56 - 55 | coverage |
| Grambling St. Tigers | Thursday, December 20 2012 | win 60 - 38 | coverage |
| @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | Saturday, December 29 2012 | win 67 - 56 | coverage |
| January | |||
| Lamar Cardinals | Thursday, January 03 2013 | win 79 - 43 | coverage |
| McNeese St. Cowboys | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 71 - 43 | coverage |
| @ Central Arkansas Bears | Thursday, January 10 2013 | win 77 - 69 | coverage |
| @ Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | Saturday, January 12 2013 | win 61 - 50 | coverage |
| SE Louisiana Lions | Thursday, January 17 2013 | win 52 - 40 | coverage |
| Nicholls Colonels | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 72 - 49 | coverage |
| @ Northwestern St. Demons | Saturday, January 26 2013 | loss 57 - 61 | coverage |
| @ McNeese St. Cowboys | Wednesday, January 30 2013 | win 59 - 39 | coverage |
| February | |||
| @ Lamar Cardinals | Saturday, February 02 2013 | win 65 - 51 | coverage |
| Central Arkansas Bears | Thursday, February 07 2013 | win 72 - 36 | coverage |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 77 - 67 | coverage |
| @ Nicholls Colonels | Thursday, February 14 2013 | win 63 - 51 | coverage |
| @ SE Louisiana Lions | Saturday, February 16 2013 | loss 50 - 54 | coverage |
| @ Sam Houston St. Bearkats | Wednesday, February 20 2013 | win 50 - 44 | coverage |
| @ Long Beach St. 49ers | Friday, February 22 2013 | win 68 - 60 | coverage |
| March | |||
| Northwestern St. Demons | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 64 - 63 | coverage |
| Sam Houston St. Bearkats | Thursday, March 07 2013 | win 57 - 42 | coverage |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | Saturday, March 09 2013 | win 58 - 49 | coverage |
| SE Louisiana Lions | Friday, March 15 2013 | win 68 - 57 | coverage |
| Northwestern St. Demons | Saturday, March 16 2013 | loss 66 - 68 | coverage |
| @ Stanford Cardinal | Tuesday, March 19 2013 | loss 57 - 58 | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Asortse | 43 | FORWARD | 220 | 6-7 | junior | |
| Hal Bateman | 4 | GUARD | 170 | 5-11 | senior | |
| Antonio Bostic | 5 | GUARD | 175 | 6-2 | senior | |
| Joe Bright | 15 | FORWARD | 205 | 6-4 | senior | |
| Patrick Costello | 33 | FORWARD | 205 | 6-8 | freshman | |
| Nikola Gajic | 23 | FORWARD | 200 | 6-5 | junior | |
| Jared Harrison | 12 | GUARD | 190 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Desmond Haymon | 25 | GUARD | 190 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Rex Baxter Jr. | 22 | FORWARD | 190 | 6-4 | freshman | |
| Jacob Parker | 34 | FORWARD | 210 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Adam Perez | 11 | GUARD | 165 | 5-11 | freshman | |
| Trey Pinkney | 10 | GUARD | 160 | 5-9 | freshman | |
| Taylor Smith | 32 | FORWARD | 215 | 6-6 | senior | |
| Danilo Toskovic | 1 | FORWARD | 205 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Deshaunt Walker | 3 | GUARD | 170 | 6-0 | junior | |
| Thomas Walkup | 0 | GUARD | 195 | 6-4 | freshman |
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Taylor Smith | 32 | 33.8 | 6.6 | 9.5 | 69.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 47.3 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 15.7 |
| Antonio Bostic | 32 | 31.6 | 3.9 | 9.9 | 39.7 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 32.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 10.8 |
| Desmond Haymon | 32 | 30.5 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 44.1 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 37.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 65.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 10.6 |
| Hal Bateman | 32 | 27.7 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 40.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 18.8 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 61.0 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 7.3 |
| Jacob Parker | 32 | 23.5 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 46.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 41.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 63.0 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 7.2 |
| Thomas Walkup | 32 | 18.5 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 50.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 45.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 60.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 4.4 |
| Deshaunt Walker | 25 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 28.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 24.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 85.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| Nikola Gajic | 18 | 8.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 45.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 30.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| Ice Asortse | 25 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 62.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 56.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Rex Baxter Jr. | 13 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 37.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 62.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Jared Harrison | 17 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 23.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 33.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Trey Pinkney | 32 | 9.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 23.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 35.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 73.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Danilo Toskovic | 9 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Joe Bright | 11 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Adam Perez | 14 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 33.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |