2011–12 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Ron Cottrell's twenty-first season at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and are members of the Great West Conference. They finished the season 10–20, 3–7 in Great West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinal of the Great West Basketball tournament to NJIT.

2011–12 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Great West Conference
Record	10–20 (3–7 Great West)
Head coach	Ron Cottrell (21st season)
Assistant coaches	Steven Key Keith Berard Justin Kinne
Home arena	Sharp Gymnasium
Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 Great West Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah Valley	9	–	1		.900			20	–	13		.606
North Dakota†	6	–	4		.600			17	–	15		.531
Texas-Pan American	5	–	5		.500			11	–	21		.344
NJIT	5	–	5		.500			15	–	17		.469
Houston Baptist	3	–	7		.300			10	–	20		.333
*Chicago State	2	–	8		.200			4	–	26		.133
† 2012 Great West tournament winner As of March 14, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament

Roster

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2011–12 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Marcel Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr Academy for Business and Technology in Melvindale Detroit, MI G 3 Tyler Russell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Millennium Goodyear, AZ F 4 Art Bernardi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Colegio Avanco New Mexico JC Caxias do Sul, Brazil G 5 Ronald March Jr. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Thunderbird Phoenix, AZ F 10 Lamar Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Solebury Prep Fordham Littleton, CO G 11 Anthony Hill 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Plano East Colgate Plano, TX G 14 Aaron Asp 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So CHSA Houston, TX G 20 T. J. Berry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Spring Spring, TX F 22 Marcus Davis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr La Joya South Mountain CC Glendale, AZ G 23 Dewayne Bowden 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Aldine Houston, TX F 24 Terry Bembry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Bush IPFW North Dakota State College of Science Houston, TX G 25 Dustin Hobaugh 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Clear Creek League City, TX G 35 Jonathan Evans 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Bellaire Houston, TX 51 Joe Latas 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Sr Bedford Chanel Cleveland State Cleveland, OH	Head coach Ron Cottrell (Arkansas) Assistant coach(es) Steven Key (Houston Baptist) Keith Berard (Southern Utah) Justin 'Jud' Kinne (Albion) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/5/2011* 7:05pm		Augsburg Homecoming	L 68–74	—	18 – Latas	9 – Latas	5 – Smith	Sharp Gymnasium (1,025) Houston, TX
Regular Season
11/11/2011* 6:30pm		at Campbell	L 68–82	0–1	17 – Latas & Hobaugh	6 – Latas & Hobaugh	5 – Evans	John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center (1,305) Buies Creek, NC
11/14/2011* 7:05pm		Bethune–Cookman	W 76–74 OT	1–1	19 – Latas	14 – Latas	5 – Evans	Sharp Gymnasium (570) Houston, TX
11/18/2011* 7:30pm		at Louisiana–Lafayette Beryl Shipley Classic	L 64–73	1–2	15 – Russell	8 – March	2 – Davis	Cajundome (3,473) Lafayette, LA
11/19/2011* 5:00pm		vs. Nicholls State Beryl Shipley Classic	L 70–80	1–3	14 – March	5 – March	6 – Russell	Cajundome (3,460) Lafayette, LA
11/20/2011* 1:00pm		vs. Cal State Fullerton Beryl Shipley Classic	W 88–83	2–3	20 – Russell	6 – Russell	3 – Smith	Cajundome (3,460) Lafayette, LA
11/25/2011* 5:00pm		at Washington	L 65–88	2–4	20 – Davis	14 – Davis	4 – Smith & Russell	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,273) Seattle, WA
11/30/2011* 7:05pm		Rice	L 66–78	2–5	20 – Russell	9 – Davis	3 – Smith	Sharp Gymnasium (1,041) Houston, TX
12/03/2011* 4:00pm		at Texas State	L 76–103	2–6	20 – Bernardi	6 – Davis	3 – Hill & Evans	Strahan Coliseum (1,352) San Marcos, TX
12/10/2011* 7:05pm		Dallas Christian	W 112–80	3–6	30 – Davis	8 – March & Bembry	3 – Davis, Hill, & Evans	Sharp Gymnasium (681) Houston, TX
12/14/2011* 7:05pm, FS Houston		Campbell	W 87–76	4–6	14 – Smith	8 – Bembry	4 – Bernardi & Davis	Sharp Gymnasium (602) Houston, TX
12/17/2011* 7:05pm		at No. 25 Creighton	L 62–97	4–7	16 – Bernardi & Hill	5 – Bernardi & Latas	3 – Smith	CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,513) Omaha, NE
12/21/2011* 7:05pm, FS Houston		Santa Clara	W 72–71	5–7	19 – Russell	6 – Latas & Bembry	3 – Russell	Sharp Gymnasium (579) Houston, TX
12/31/2011* 3:05pm		at Duquesne	L 72–118	5–8	16 – Bembry	5 – Russell & Bembry	6 – Smith	A. J. Palumbo Center (2,487) Pittsburgh, PA
01/03/2012* 8:05 pm, KASY		at New Mexico	L 61–98	5–9	12 – Hobaugh	5 – Thomas	4 – Evans	The Pit (12,789) Albuquerque, NM
01/07/2012* 7:05 pm		Eastern Illinois	L 62–74	5–10	13 – Latas	7 – Hill	3 – Evans	Sharp Gymnasium (462) Houston, TX
01/12/2012* 7:05 pm		Crowley's Ridge	W 123–43	6–10	40 – Davis	13 – Davis	7 – Evans	Sharp Gymnasium (527) Houston, TX
01/19/2012 6:00pm		at NJIT	L 62–85	6–11 (0–1)	14 – Bernardi	7 – Latas	4 – Hill & Smith	Fleisher Center (383) Newark, NJ
01/21/2012 2:05pm		at Chicago State	L 95–98 OT	6–12 (0–2)	20 – Bembry	13 – Davis	4 – Russell & Evans	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (300) Chicago, IL
01/24/2012* 7:05pm		Texas–Arlington	L 74–79	6–13	19 – Bembry	8 – Bernardi	4 – Russell & Hill	Sharp Gymnasium (489) Houston, TX
01/28/2012 7:00pm		at Texas-Pan American	L 71–81	6–14 (0–3)	17 – Bembry	9 – Latas	3 – Smith	UTPA Fieldhouse (823) Edinburg, TX
02/02/2012 7:05pm		North Dakota	W 69–62	7–14 (1–3)	19 – Bernardi	6 – Bembry & Bernardi	4 – Bembry	Sharp Gymnasium (632) Houston, TX
02/04/2012 7:05pm		Utah Valley	L 66–68	7–15 (1–4)	17 – Bembry	7 – Bembry	5 – Smith	Sharp Gymnasium (649) Houston, TX
02/08/2012* 6:05pm		at Bethune–Cookman	L 76–84	7–16	15 – Bembry	9 – Davis	2 – Bembry, Bernardi, Hill, Hobaugh, & Smith	Moore Gymnasium (668) Daytona Beach, FL
02/11/2012* 7:05pm		Ecclesia	W 93–72	8–16	22 – Russell	13 – Thomas	4 – Smith	Sharp Gymnasium (503) Houston, TX
02/16/2012 7:05pm		Chicago State	L 56–65	8–17 (1–5)	15 – Bembry	6 – Bernardi	3 – Evans	Sharp Gymnasium (531) Houston, TX
02/18/2012 7:05pm		NJIT	W 75–68	9–17 (2–5)	21 – Russell	4 – Bernardi, Davis, & Latas	3 – Russell & Smith	Sharp Gymnasium (704 ) Houston, TX
02/23/2012 8:05pm, UVU-TV		at Utah Valley	L 56–75	9–18 (2–6)	11 – Hill, Russell, & Bernardi	6 – Latas	4 – Davis	UCCU Center (2,733) Orem, UT
02/25/2012 4:00pm, FCS Central		at North Dakota	L 62–66	9–19 (2–7)	22 – Davis	6 – Davis	6 – Evans	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,576) Grand Forks, ND
03/03/2012 7:05pm		Texas–Pan American	W 65–58	10–19 (3–7)	18 – Latas	10 – Latas	4 – Russell	Sharp Gymnasium (827) Houston, TX
Great West tournament
03/08/2012 2:30pm	(5)	vs. (4) NJIT Quarterfinal	L 64–65	10–20	17 – Russell	6 – Latas & Russell	4 – Latas	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (N/A) Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

1. "2011-12 Houston Baptist Basketball Roster". HBUHuskies.com.
2. "2011-12 Schedule". HBUHuskies.com. Retrieved September 24, 2011.