Jan. 22, 2008
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▪ - The University of Texas-Pan American men's basketball program will take on Houston Baptist on Tuesday (Jan. 22) at the UTPA Fieldhouse with game time slated for 7 p.m.
▪ - The Broncs improved to 11-10 on the season after recording a 80-60 victory against Huston Tillotson at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
▪ - This will be the 16th all-time meeting between the Broncs and the Huskies with UTPA leading the series 10-6. The last meeting between both teams was in the 1988-89 season with the Broncs collecting a 84-69 road victory.
▪ - Following tonight's game, the Broncs will head to the air for a three-game road trip where they will face NJIT, Chicago State, and Northwestern.
▪ - Houston Baptist is on a two-game win streak with wins coming against Texas A&M International and Ecclesia.
▪ - Faithful of the UTPA men's basketball team will have an opportunity to listen to the game courtesy of ESPN Radio 1240AM and audiosportsonline.net with Broncs' play-by-play announcer Jonah Goldberg.
Last Game - Huston Tillotson
▪ - Behind a career-high 23 points by sophomore forward Nathan Hawkins, the University of Texas Pan-American Broncs men's basketball team (11-10) beat the Huston-Tillotson University Rams (2-12) 80-60 tonight at the UTPA Fieldhouse. It was the Broncs' fourth straight win.
▪ - The Rams stuck with the Broncs early, even taking a 9-6 lead in the opening minutes, but the Broncs responded with an 22-6 run to take a double-digit lead they would never relinquish.
▪ - Hawkins hit seven of his first eight shots, as he scored 15 points on lay-ups and finger rolls in the lane to help the Broncs take a 39-23 half-time lead. Hawkins finished shooting 11-13.
▪ - Hawkins wasn't alone in the scoring department, though. Senior guard Brian Burrell missed first his first four three-point attempts, but hit his next four as he ended up with 18 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season.
▪ - Senior guard Paul Stoll scored in double-figures for the fifth-straight game by notching 13 points. Stoll is averaging 16.6 points per game during that stretch.
▪ - Zach Trader scored eight points to go with 12 rebounds (four offensive) and a career-high six assists to help contribute.
▪ - A pair of red-shirt freshman also reached some milestones as forward Jacob Trader scored a career-high six points in a career-high nine minutes and guard Steven Silva (Mission, TX) hit his first career free throw.
▪ - As a team, the Broncs shot 50% from the field and 60% from inside the arc.
Trio of Broncs Earn All-Tournament Team Honors
▪ - Stoll was selected to the five-man all-tournament team for his outstanding performance at the Missouri State Price Cutter Classic on Nov. 17
▪ - The floor general finished with a shooting average of 17.5 points to go along with 7.5 assists, 2.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds in two games.
▪ - Burrell was selected to the five-man all-tournament team at the Montana State Bobcat Gran Tree Inn Classic on Dec. 1. Burrell collected a team-high 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting and 7-of-11 from behind the arc against Pepperdine on Nov. 30.
▪ - Playing in his third tournament this season, Burrell was selected to the five-man all-tournament team at the Drake Regency Challenge Classic for the second time this season.
▪ - The 6'3 senior guard collected 38 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, and four steals in his two-game tournament performance.
▪ - Nathan Hawkins collected his first piece of hardware of his Bronc career as he as was selected to the five-man Las Vegas Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team on Sunday (Dec. 23).
▪ - In his three-game performance, Hawkins collected 48 points and 17 rebounds to go along with a game-high 19 points and 10 rebounds against Bethune-Cookman (Dec. 22).
Stoll and Jones Leaders Among the Independent Standings
▪ - Senior and floor general, Paul Stoll leads the independent standings averaging 7.2 assists per game in 20 games played.
▪ - In 20 contests, Stoll has posted 15 games of five or more assists and collected 10 or more assists in five games of compeition.
▪ - Earlier this season, Stoll finished with a career-high 12 assists against University of Alabama on (Dec. 19). Stoll's also ranks in the top-10 in six of nine categories.
▪ - Since coming back from an illness, Emmanuel Jones ranks first in field goal percentage. Jones leads the league averaging 53.1 percent in 12 games played.
▪ - Jones finished with a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds against Texas State on (Jan. 5).
▪ - In his first season as a Broncs, Jones has collected 117 total points and is averaging 9.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
Record Setting Five Tournaments
▪ - The Broncs will compete in five tournaments throughout the 2007-08 season. UTPA will make its first stop in Springfield, MO, where the Broncs will sqaure-off against UNC-Greensboro in the first round of the two-day affair.
▪ - UTPA will next travel to the Missouri State University Tournament where they will match-up against West Coast Conference-foe Pepperdine, Montana State, Alcorn State and Western Illinois in the three-day event.
▪ - The Broncs will then set their sights on a tournament championship at the Drake University Tournament in Des Moines, IA, followed by the most spectacular highlight of the season for the Broncs as they will be a part of the Las Vegas Classic for a quartet of games.
▪ - To close out the calendar year, the Broncs will travel to the UCF Holiday Tournament for the second straight season where UTPA advanced to the championship game during the 2006-07 campaign.
▪ - The Broncs will hit the floor against Long Island University in the first round of the tournament before facing off against either University of Central Florida or New Jersey Institute of Technology on the final day of action.
UTPA Adds Hawkins, Nephew of Former NBA Hall of Fame Player
▪ - The basketball gene pool runs deep in the Hawkins' family as his father (Robert) played in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors and his brother (Robert) played his collegiate basketball at St. Mary's University.
▪ - Hawkins is the nephew of NBA Hall of Fame standout George Gervin as well as cousin of former NBA player Derrick Gervin.
▪ - San Antonio, TX product, Hawkins was a standout at Sandra Day O'Connor High School where he was a first team all-region and first team All-District 28-5A selection during his senior campaign.
▪ - Hawkins attended The Lawrenceville Prep School where he was selected as the number-four post guard by New Jersey Hoops. Averaged 14.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game en route to earning Most Valuable Player honors.
Trip to Far East One of Success
▪ - The Broncs floor general returns for his final season after spending the month of June playing Internationaly in China. Stoll made the trip to the Far East with the Sports Reach Program where he played against members of the CBA Top Division.
▪ - Making his first start for the Crusaders, Stoll had the second-highest point total on the squad with 15 points. The UTPA senior put on a deep-range shooting clinic as he went 5-for-7 from the field, including 5-for-6 from behind the arc while recording a team high four steals in the contest.
▪ - Stoll let his teammates do the talking for him offensively in the team's third game as the Crusader's had five players scoring in double figures to earn the 89-61 victory over the Tigers. The UTPA floor general recorded seven assists while only turning over the ball on just one occasion to go along with seven steals in the contest
▪ - The UTPA point guard was the only player on the Crusaders' squad that was not a member of a program affiliated with the SEC.
Trader Brothers Take The Court This Season
▪ - For the first time in family history Zach and Jacob Trader will be teaming up to dominate the inside post positions. This will be the first time the two brothers have ever played on a team together and this also marks the first time in UTPA men's basketball history.
▪ - As an experienced college standout Zach Trader will be looking to lead by example for his team as well as his brother. Trader concluded his junior campaign averaging a career-high 7.9 points per game to go along with 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.
▪ - After red-shirting the 06-07 season, Jacob Trader will be looking to his senior, older brother for guidance in his first year of Division I collegiate basketball.
Scouting the Opponent - Houston Baptist
▪ - The Huskies enter Tuesday's game with a 7-14 overall record including a 4-10 road record.
▪ - HBU is coming off a easy 91-58 victory over Ecclesia College on Saturday night at the Sharp Gymnasium.
▪ - Five Huskies finished in double-figures, including Gordon Watt who collected a game-high 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting, 5-of-9 from the charity stripe, 1-of-3 from three-point range to go along with eight rebounds, four assists, two steals and one block.
▪ - For the game, the Huskies finished shooting 52.3 percent (34-of-65) compared to Royals 30.8 percent (20-of-65) from the floor.
▪ - HBU is making the move back to NCAA Division I after 17 years with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the past nine years in the Red River Conference.
▪ - The Huskies won nine straight conference titles from 1998-2007 and advanced to the national tournament the last 10 seasons.
▪ - Head coach Ron Cottrell entered the season with a career record of 358-168 and is the all-time winningest coach at HBU, a list that also includes coaching legends Gerald Myers (Texas Tech) and Gene Iba (Baylor, Pittsburg State).
▪ - The 18 straight games on the road odyssey ended with HBU going a respectable 4-14 during the stretch in its first season of transition back to NCAA Division I.
▪ - The Huskies will travel a total of 16, 036.5 miles this season for 20 road games.
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