2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

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.

2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball
CBI, First round
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	17–17 (10–8 Southland)
Head coach	Ron Cottrell (25th season)
Assistant coaches	Steven Key Justin "Jud" Kinne Jeremy Case
Home arena	Sharp Gymnasium (Capacity: 1,000)
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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

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 Hometown G 2 Anthony Odunsi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Travis Utah/Tyler JC/Albany Sugar Land, TX G 3 Asa Cantwell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Johnson San Antonio, TX C 4 Cody Stetler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Hoisington Hoisington, KS F 5 Colter Lasher 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Dimond Impact Prep Anchorage, AK G 10 Trey Patterson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Plano East Plano, TX G/F 11 Caleb Crayton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Northeast Academy Oklahoma City, OK G/F 12 Terry Harris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, NY G 13 Stephen O'Suji 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Kinkaid Houston, TX G 14 Nic Thomas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr HSAA Arlington, TX G 15 Reveal Chukwujekwu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Strake Jesuit Houston, TX G/F 23 Alex Fountain 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Wartburg Central Wartburg, TN G 24 Kyren Block 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Brennan San Antonio, TX G 25 Will Gates, Jr. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Clemens Furman San Antonio, TX G/F 30 Jourdan Stickler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Annapolis High School Morehead State/Blinn Annapolis, MD C 33 Isaiah Robinson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Jefferson Portland, OR C 44 Josh Ibarra 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Angleton High School Angleton, TX G 55 Evan Anderson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Bradford Kenosha, WI	Head coach Ron Cottrell (Arkansas) Assistant coach(es) Steven Key (Houston Baptist) Justin 'Jud' Kinne (Albion) Jeremy Case (Kansas) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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	Abilene Christian	W 73–71	16–11 (10–4)	Sharp Gymnasium (827) Houston, 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

• 2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

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.