Rally Falls Short vs. NW State

Myers had a double-double

They woke up late, but the Privateers (6-15, 2-9) dug too deep a hole in their 82-74 loss to Northwestern State at Lakefront Arena.

New Orleans trailed by 18 in the first half and as many as 23 in the second before rallying to within 7 with approximately four minutes left.  But the comeback fell short as UNO ran out of gas late, dropping its fourth in a row.

Jahmel Myers led the Privateer scoring with 18 to go along with 12 rebounds, and Bryson Robinson added 15.  Gerrale Gates had one of his better offensive performances of the season with 13.

UNO has six of its remaining nine games on the road, and that run starts in Hammond on Saturday with a game at Southeastern Louisiana.

Nicholls Fights off UNO

Robinson's jumper gives
UNO a 62-60 lead late

Despite a tremendous second half effort, the Privateers (6-14, 2-8) fell short on Alumni Night at Lakefront Arena, dropping a 77-72 contest to Nicholls.

With some of the old greats of the program looking on, New Orleans rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit, throwing their bodies around and rallying into the lead.  Troy Green's three-pointer actually put the host team up 5, but Nicholls' strength inside won the day down the stretch.

The Troy Green-Bryson Robinson guard tandem kept UNO competitive, with Green scoring 21 and Robinson 16.  Jahmel Myers added 11 but fouled out.  The Bucs got to the line significantly more often than the Colonels but made just 14 out of 27 free throws.

The Privateers stay home and will host Northwestern State on Wednesday night.

TAMU-CC Nips Privateers

Robinson: 13 pts, 8 rebs

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and the Privateers have played a few games down to the wire in recent times, and despite both clubs being down on their luck this year, Wednesday was more of the same, with UNO falling in a close one, 74-71.

New Orleans (6-13, 2-7) led 41-33 at the half, but the host Islanders opened the second half on a 15-3 run to take the lead.  UNO fought back, and the teams took turns taking the lead for the remainder of the contest.  The Privateers just couldn't come up with a stop late when they needed one, and TAMU-CC was able to hit critical free throws late to seal the win.

Jaylen Key led UNO with 14 points but battled through foul trouble, playing just 22 minutes.  Bryson Robinson added 13 to go along with a team-leading 8 boards, but the former national FT% leader missed three foul shots, including a critical one late.  Troy Green and Charles Bohannon added 10 each.

New Orleans returns home for a battle against state rival Nicholls on Saturday at Lakefront Arena.

McNeese Surges Late, Drills UNO

Bryson Robinson

It was an ugly game on the lakefront, but it ended up looking okay to visiting McNeese State, who knocked off UNO 65-52 on Saturday evening.

With backcourt henchman Troy Green enduring a miserable outing, Bryson Robinson had just about all the offensive burden resting on him.  But his 27 points weren't enough on a night where the Privateers got nothing from anyone other than he and Jaylen Key.  Key, who was back in the lineup after missing a few games with an ankle injury, added 16 on 8-for-10 shooting.

Even with all the offensive ineptitude, New Orleans maneuvered its way into a 45-44 lead in the second half before collapsing under the weight of a late 16-0 McNeese run that put the game away.

UNO next heads to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for a road tilt on Wednesday night.

Privateers Win Shootout at HBU

Raquon Brown had a career high 20

Not a lot of defense was played on Wednesday night at Sharp Gym, but the shorthanded Privateers (6-11, 2-5) found enough offense to outgun the Huskies of Houston Baptist, 106-98.

New Orleans exploded to an early 19-point lead, but HBU chipped away with an offensive onslaught of their own.  UNO still maintained a narrow lead for most of the second half, though the Huskies took a brief 93-90 lead late before the Bucs surged in the final minutes to secure the victory.

The scoring numbers were gaudy for UNO, who dressed just nine players (Lamont Berzat had the flu) but were still able to maintain a robust run-and-gun pace all night.  Bryson Robinson led the team with 26 points.  Freshman Raquon Brown posted a career high of 20, and fellow freshman Ahren Freeman added 19 on 9-of-10 shooting.  Troy Green also had 19 to go along with 8 assists.

The Privateers turned the ball over just 8 times, forcing 16 and scoring 24 off of those turnovers.

New Orleans returns home to battle McNeese on Saturday at Lakefront Arena.

UNO Bottoms Out at UIW

Gerrale Gates had a double-double

It's been a rough season for the injury-riddled Privateers, but New Orleans took its worst setback yet on Saturday afternoon in San Antonio, falling to Southland cellar dweller Incarnate Word, 73-70.

UNO took the lead early but sloppy, foul-ridden play hurt them as the afternoon went along.  The Privateers (5-11, 1-5) did rally late, even taking a 70-69 lead on two Troy Green free throws before Incarnate Word's Keaston Willis answered with two free throws of his own to give UIW the winning margin.  It was the Cardinals' first win against a Division I opponent this year.

Leading scorer Bryson Robinson led the team with 17 points.  Green added 15, and Gerrale Gates registered a double-double with 13 points and 13 boards.

New Orleans will head home but then turn around and head back to Texas for a Wednesday contest at Houston Baptist.

Privateers Into the Win Column

Lamont Berzat

In the last of a three-game homestand, the Privateers (5-10, 1-4) finally got its first conference win of the season, knocking off Central Arkansas 86-78 at Lakefront Arena on Wednesday night.

Shorthanded as usual, the hosts needed contributions from a few unlikely sources and got them, with Lamont Berzat leading six Privateers in double-digits with 18 points.  Jahmel Myers had a very impactful 17 as well, with Gerrale Gates adding 14 and freshman reserve Raquon Brown and senior Troy Green 12 apiece.

New Orleans led by as many as 11 at a couple of different points in the second half but had to hold off a late UCA rally to salvage the win.  With the lead at a precarious 74-72 with just over a minute left, Berzat hit the biggest of his three triples to put UNO back up 5.

UNO will have to finally leave Lakefront Arena and head back on the road, heading to Incarnate Word for a Saturday contest in San Antonio.

SFA Pulls Away From UNO

Bryson Robinson's 31 wasn't
nearly enough against SFA0j

Stephen F. Austin began the second half with a 13-1 run to break open a close game and rout host New Orleans 87-68 at Lakefront Arena.

SFA, who you may have heard beat Duke, led just 34-32 at the break against a shorthanded but spirited Privateer team.  But the layups and easy buckets started to come much easier against UNO, a team increasingly decimated by injuries.  Jaylen Key joined that list during the game, and Ahren Freeman was the latest not to dress out at all.

Bryson Robinson led his depleted crew with 31 points, and Jahmel Myers added 10.

What's left of the Privateers will stay at home and take on Central Arkansas on Wednesday.

Lamar Bests Depleted UNO

Bryson Robinson had
21 for the Privateers

Dressing only nine players with Gerrale Gates out in addition to Damion Rosser, the Privateers (4-9, 0-3) remain winless in the Southland, falling to Lamar 74-67 at Lakefront Arena on Thursday.

UNO trailed by as many as 13 in the first half but cut Lamar's lead to seven at the break and two early in the second half.  But Lamar's strength inside enabled them to fend off several Privateer rally attempts, and Anderson Kopp's devastating three from the left corner put Lamar up 71-65 late and stuck a dagger in the Bucs.

Bryson Robinson gave a tremendous effort to keep New Orleans in the game, scoring 21 points and draining 4-of-8 from downtown.  A hobbled Troy Green added 16.

The Privateers host Stephen F. Austin on Saturday night.  The Lumberjacks scored college basketball's most notable upset of the year when they won at Duke earlier this season.