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Contact: David M. Grubb
(504) 286-5343 or (504) 810-3048
dgrubb@suno.edu
October 24, 2012
SUNO Athletics Announces Men’s and Women’s 2012-2013 Basketball Schedules
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Both the Southern University Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams enter the 2012-2013 season with high expectations. The Men’s team will look to repeat as GCAC Champions after their surprising run to the conference title last season. They placed second in the GCAC Coaches’ preseason poll and had two selections to the GCAC Preseason All-Conference Team; last season’s conference Freshman of the Year, guard Kevin Dukes and Senior Forward Clyde Moore who averaged nearly 17 points per game and 8 rebounds for the Knights. Coach Dale Valdery expects his deep and talented squad to build upon last year’s achievements. “The pressure certainly is on us this season and we won’t be sneaking up on anyone”, said Coach Valdery, winner of the 2011-2012 Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Small College Coach of the Year Award. “But I think our young men have worked very hard in the offseason to not have a letdown and to prove something to themselves that the way they played at the end of the season is how they are capable of playing all season long.”
On the women’s side, the Lady Knights will be looking to improve on a season where they finished tied for third place in the GCAC, exactly where the preseason polls have them picked to finish this year. Coach Elston King’s team is led by Preseason All-Conference selections Janee Morton and April Perry. The perimeter duo combined to average more than 27 points per contest. They will have to up that production for SUNO to challenge for a conference title. “Down the stretch last season, I felt like we were as tough a matchup as there was in the conference”, said Coach King now in his 14th season. “If these ladies continue to develop and mature there’s no reason we can’t compete with the very best in the GCAC.”
2012-13 SUNO Men’s Basketball Schedule
| NOVEMBER | ||||
| Date | Time | Visitor | Home | Score |
| 3 | 5PM | SUNO | Spring Hill | |
| 9 | 7PM | SUNO | Loyola | |
| 21 | 7PM | SUNO | Louisiana-Lafayette | |
| 23 | TBA | TBD | TBD | |
| 24 | TBA | TBD | TBD | |
| DECEMBER | ||||
| 8 | 5PM | Spring Hill | SUNO | |
| 13 | 7PM | William Carey | SUNO | |
| 17 | 7PM | Loyola | SUNO | |
| JANUARY | ||||
| 5 | 5PM | SUNO | Philander Smith* | |
| 7 | 8PM | SUNO | Fisk* | |
| 12 | 7PM | SUNO | Dillard* | |
| 14 | 7:30PM | Xavier* | SUNO | |
| 19 | 5PM | Edward Waters* | SUNO | |
| 21 | 7:30PM | Talladega* | SUNO | |
| 26 | 7:30PM | SUNO | Tougaloo* | |
| FEBRUARY | ||||
| 2 | 5PM | Fisk* | SUNO | |
| 4 | 7:30PM | Philander Smith* | SUNO | |
| 9 | 5PM | SUNO | Edward Waters* | |
| 11 | 7:30PM | SUNO | Talladega* | |
| 16 | 7:30PM | SUNO | Xavier* | |
| 18 | 7:30PM | Dillard* | SUNO | |
| 23 | 5PM | Tougaloo* | SUNO | |
| * indicates GCAC opponent | ||||
| Season Record | ||||
| Conference Record | ||||
2012-13 Women’s Basketball Schedule
| NOVEMBER | ||||
| Date | Time | Visitor | Home | Score |
| 2 | 6PM | Johnson & Wales University | SUNO | |
| 15 | 3PM | Westminster College | SUNO | |
| 16 | 5PM | SUNO | Judson College | |
| 17 | 6PM | SUNO | Oakwood College | |
| 28 | 7PM | SUNO | Louisiana-Lafayette% | |
| DECEMBER | ||||
| 8 | 5:30PM | Spring Hill | SUNO | |
| 15 | 7PM | SUNO | Spring Hill | |
| 18 | 7PM | SUNO | McNeese State% | |
| JANUARY | ||||
| 5 | 5PM | SUNO | Philander Smith* | |
| 7 | 5:30PM | SUNO | Fisk* | |
| 12 | 5PM | SUNO | Dillard* | |
| 14 | 5:30PM | Xavier* | SUNO | |
| 19 | 5PM | Edward Waters* | SUNO | |
| 21 | 5:30PM | Talladega* | SUNO | |
| 26 | 5PM | SUNO | Tougaloo* | |
| FEBRUARY | ||||
| 2 | 5:30PM | Fisk* | SUNO | |
| 4 | 5:30PM | Philander Smith* | SUNO | |
| 9 | 5PM | SUNO | Edward Waters* | |
| 11 | 5:30PM | SUNO | Talladega* | |
| 16 | 5PM | Xavier* | SUNO | |
| 18 | 5:30PM | Dillard* | SUNO | |
| 23 | 3PM | Tougaloo* | SUNO | |
| * indicates GCAC opponent | ||||
| % indicates exhibition game | ||||