Men's Basketball | Women's Basketball
Ray Farrell
Men's
Basketball Coach
The University of Texas at Dallas is entering its inaugural season of basketball competition as a member of the NCAA Division III and the American Southwest Conference. Ray Farrell, the first basketball coach in the history of UTD, was hired on April 6, 1998 and immediately began assembling a team for competition in the 1998-1999 season. Coach Farrell hit the recruiting trails on day one, and within two months, Coach Farrell recruited 12 players from the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex and Houston, Texas. This was the beginning of the University of Texas at Dallas Basketball Program.
Coach Farrell is extremely excited about the first recruiting class in the history of UTD, because it has a mixture of transfers with experience and freshman with great promise. This year’s recruiting class includes Chad Bagnell and Ray Lee from Eastfield College, Greg Foster from Oral Roberts University, Bryon Harrison from Richland College, Brent Harrole from Millsaps College, Matt Brunson from Regis University, and two promising freshman from Houston, Jeremy Prasatik (HYCA) and William Hagans (St Pius X). Although the UTD squad does not have a lot of height, each of the players is versatile and can play a variety of positions. This means the Comets will look to play a tenacious full court man defense that will generate transition offense. The Comets are looking forward to the 1998-1999 season, and they promise to make it exciting for all of the UTD students, faculty, and fans. (top of page)
Men's 1998-99 Schedule & ResultsRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (5-19) (4-7) (1-11) (0-1) CONFERENCE.......... (4-6) (3-2) (1-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-13) (1-5) (0-7) (0-1) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ Nov 20, 1998 at Howard Payne L 73-87 421 Nov 21, 1998 vs Concordia-Austin L 78-89 100 Dec. 1, 1998 at Southwestern L 56-73 - Dec. 3, 1998 HOWARD PAYNE L 72-75 - Dec 5, 1998 SUL ROSS STATE L 68-72 - Dec 7, 1998 at McMurry University L 85-102 639 Dec 29, 1998 SOUTHWESTERN W 62-59 - Jan 2, 1999 at Schreiner College L 62-103 - Jan 4, 1999 at Mary Hardin-Baylor L 73-77 - Jan 7, 1999 MCMURRY UNIVERSITY L 86-111 574 Jan 9, 1999 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 82-100 - *Jan 14, 1999 at Univ. of the Ozarks L 81-95 - *Jan 16, 1999 at Austin College L 52-70 456 *Jan 19, 1999 at University of Dallas W 74-66 382 Jan 23, 1999 EAST TEXAS BAPTIST L 63-74 537 *Jan 28, 1999 at LeTourneau L 80-85 - *Jan 30, 1999 at Mississippi College LO2 98-103 750 *Feb 2, 1999 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS W 63-50 500 Feb 4, 1999 at East Texas Baptist LOT 79-83 500 Feb 8, 1999 at Hardin-Simmons L 63-66 - *Feb 11, 1999 LETOURNEAU W 91-65 - *Feb 13, 1999 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE L 52-59 - *Feb 18, 1999 UNIV. OF THE OZARKS L 84-85 - *Feb 20, 1999 AUSTIN COLLEGE W OT 71-66 - * Denotes ASC game |
Men's Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS UTD OPP
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SCORING....................... 1748 1915
Points per game............. 72.8 79.8
Scoring margin.............. -7.0 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT............... 614-1453 691-1525
Field goal pct.............. .423 .453
3 POINT FG-ATT................ 165-479 182-506
3-point FG pct.............. .344 .360
3-pt FG made per game....... 6.9 7.6
FREE THROWS-ATT............... 355-578 351-532
Free throw pct.............. .614 .660
REBOUNDS...................... 921 940
Rebounds per game........... 38.4 39.2
Rebounding margin........... -0.8 -
ASSISTS....................... 287 379
Assists per game............ 12.0 15.8
TURNOVERS..................... 477 372
Turnovers per game.......... 19.9 15.5
Turnover margin............. -4.4 -
Assist/turnover ratio....... 0.6 1.0
STEALS........................ 172 239
Steals per game............. 7.2 10.0
BLOCKS........................ 72 36
Blocks per game............. 3.0 1.5
WINNING STREAK................ 1 -
Home win streak............. 1 -
ATTENDANCE.................... 1611 3248
Home games-Avg/Game......... 11-146 12-262
Neutral site-Avg/Game....... - 1-100
BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total
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Team........ 817 889 24 18 - 1748
Opponents... 890 979 23 23 - 1915
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## SUMMARY GP-GS Min FG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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20 Raymond Lee......... 24-18 30.6 .424 .368 .743 5.7 1.2 23 18 18.3
42 Chad Bagnell........ 23-17 27.7 .502 .378 .514 7.3 1.0 17 19 14.6
33 Bryon Harrison...... 24-18 26.5 .472 .388 .570 7.8 1.2 54 20 13.8
32 Brent Harrolle...... 24-16 24.5 .367 .313 .699 5.0 1.6 25 6 8.8
21 Gregory Foster...... 23-10 21.2 .328 .208 .446 3.3 2.4 19 1 5.3
5 Chad Martinez....... 23-0 13.2 .500 .429 .724 1.9 1.3 7 1 4.3
24 Matt Brunson........ 11-2 9.2 .373 .333 .861 0.9 0.5 7 0 7.9
35 William Hagans...... 22-1 14.0 .353 .290 .542 1.8 1.1 7 3 3.2
23 Jeremy Prasatik..... 14-4 13.9 .269 .000 .476 2.0 1.4 8 4 1.7
40 Christopher Dowling. 6-0 4.5 .417 .500 .800 2.2 0.3 2 0 2.5
3 Corey Swan.......... 13-4 14.0 .267 .000 .500 0.9 2.5 1 0 1.0
41 George Khalil....... 3-0 1.3 .000 .000 .500 0.7 0.0 0 0 0.3
44 Andrew Collinsworth. 2-0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Total............... 24 .423 .344 .614 38.4 12.0 172 72 72.8
Opponents........... 24 .453 .360 .660 39.2 15.8 239 36 79.8
SCORING GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G
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Raymond Lee......... 24 153-361 .424 56-152 .368 78-105 .743 440 18.3
Chad Bagnell........ 23 125-249 .502 14-37 .378 71-138 .514 335 14.6
Bryon Harrison...... 24 127-269 .472 33-85 .388 45-79 .570 332 13.8
Brent Harrolle...... 24 72-196 .367 15-48 .313 51-73 .699 210 8.8
Gregory Foster...... 23 44-134 .328 10-48 .208 25-56 .446 123 5.3
Chad Martinez....... 23 31-62 .500 15-35 .429 21-29 .724 98 4.3
Matt Brunson........ 11 22-59 .373 12-36 .333 31-36 .861 87 7.9
William Hagans...... 22 24-68 .353 9-31 .290 13-24 .542 70 3.2
Jeremy Prasatik..... 14 7-26 .269 0-3 .000 10-21 .476 24 1.7
Christopher Dowling. 6 5-12 .417 1-2 .500 4-5 .800 15 2.5
Corey Swan.......... 13 4-15 .267 0-2 .000 5-10 .500 13 1.0
George Khalil....... 3 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0.3
Andrew Collinsworth. 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0
Total............... 24 614-1453 .423 165-479 .344 355-578 .614 1748 72.8
Opponents........... 24 691-1525 .453 182-506 .360 351-532 .660 1915 79.8
REBOUNDS
TOTALS GP MIN OFF DEF TOT PF FO A TO A/TO HI
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Raymond Lee......... 24 735 33 103 136 70 3 29 68 0.4 32
Chad Bagnell........ 23 638 73 96 169 76 4 23 62 0.4 28
Bryon Harrison...... 24 637 71 115 186 65 0 28 54 0.5 34
Brent Harrolle...... 24 589 48 73 121 59 3 39 78 0.5 22
Gregory Foster...... 23 487 25 52 77 47 0 55 55 1.0 18
Chad Martinez....... 23 303 17 26 43 22 0 29 28 1.0 14
Matt Brunson........ 11 101 3 7 10 12 0 5 28 0.2 17
William Hagans...... 22 309 11 28 39 31 0 24 41 0.6 9
Jeremy Prasatik..... 14 195 6 22 28 35 2 20 33 0.6 5
Christopher Dowling. 6 27 6 7 13 0 0 2 3 0.7 7
Corey Swan.......... 13 182 3 9 12 15 0 33 21 1.6 5
George Khalil....... 3 4 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0.0 1
Andrew Collinsworth. 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Total............... 24 4209 332 589 921 436 12 287 477 0.6 98
Opponents........... 24 4261 320 620 940 472 - 379 372 1.0 111
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Rachelle Leonard
Women's
Basketball Coach
Rachelle Leonard will enter her first year as Head Women's Basketball Coach at The University of Texas at Dallas. Leonard, 27,will lead the first ever women's team,representing UTD in the American Southwest Conference as well as the NCAA Division III.
Leonard was the head coach at the University of Dallas for the past two seasons. Beforethat she held assistant coaching positions in basketball and softball at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and at Nicholls State University, a Division I school in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Leonard, played the first two years of her collegiate career at Coastal Carolina University, a Division I school in Conway, South Carolina, before transferring to Division II Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. She finished her Bachelor's of Arts degree in Elementary Education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1996.
Rachelle grew up in Springfield, Ohio, located about twenty minutes from Columbus, Ohio. Her father and mother, Richard and Sondra Leonard still reside in Springfield. She also has a younger sister Rebecca, 16, who is a junior at Springfield North High School and plays varsity basketball for the Lady Panthers.
This year The University of Texas at Dallas Women’s Basketball Team will be faced with a daunting task; to build a respectable program. The Lady Comets will be starting from scratch, representing a university which had never sponsored men’s or women’s basketball teams. On November 20th both the men’s and women’s basketball team will make history by competing in the Howard Payne Classic. It will be in this tournament that both teams will take the court in their first ever NCAA collegiate contest.
First year coach Rachelle Leonard is optimistic about the upcoming 1998-1999 season. After six months of recruiting, Leonard feels she has a young but solid team. "This year success will depend on the maturity of our freshman," Leonard states. Some of our freshman will be playing major roles on this basketball team, we hope that we can make it a positive experience for them. Leonard is very familiar with the American Southwest Conference coaching at the University of Dallas the past two years. "Our conference is very competitive and with more additions it is only getting tougher. We hope to be in the middle of the pack this year and build from there."
UTD’s roster will consist of seven freshman, three sophomores, four juniors, and one senior. Melissa Moses will be expected to lead the team at the point guard position. Stacie Sullivan, Jaime Eggspuehler, and Kerrie McLemore will see time at the shooting guard position. At the small forward position Mindy Mott, Tonya Walker, Bianca Yturralde, and Emily Weaks will help out. The forward position will consist of Shelley Dunn, Lisa Fowler, Kim Rose, and Tiffany Weaks. Becky Fulin and Stephanie Plemons will be expected to provide a threat in the low post.
This year’s team has nothing to lose according to Coach Leonard. "No one expects for us to do well because we are just starting out. The commitment that I have seen from these young ladies gives me hope. These players are excited about being the first team ever at the University of Texas at Dallas, instead of looking at the negatives they look at the positives." Only time can tell what the outcome of the 1998-1999 season will hold for the Lady Comets. (top of page)
Women's 1998-99 Schedule & ResultsRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (4-21) (4-10) (0-10) (0-1) CONFERENCE.......... (1-9) (1-4) (0-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-12) (3-6) (0-5) (0-1) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ Nov 20, 1998 at Howard Payne L 69-85 333 Nov 21, 1998 vs Texas Lutheran L 43-71 58 Nov 25, 1998 TRINITY UNIVERSITY L 75-84 - Nov 30, 1998 at McMurry University L 58-77 313 Dec 3, 1998 HOWARD PAYNE L 68-79 - Dec 5, 1998 SUL ROSS STATE W 60-58 - Jan 2, 1999 at Schreiner College L 51-59 100 Jan 4, 1999 at Mary Hardin-Baylor L 42-65 - Jan 7, 1999 MCMURRY UNIVERSITY L 51-56 433 Jan 9, 1999 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 47-64 - Jan 12, 1999 SW ASSEMBLIES OF GOD W 79-54 347 *Jan 14, 1999 at Univ. of the Ozarks L 61-68 - *Jan 16, 1999 at Austin College L 51-91 325 *Jan 19, 1999 at University of Dallas L 65-75 272 Jan 23, 1999 EAST TEXAS BAPTIST L 56-85 - *Jan 28, 1999 at LeTourneau L 62-75 - *Jan 30, 1999 at Mississippi College L 33-58 300 *Feb 2, 1999 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS W 56-48 225 Feb 4, 1999 at East Texas Baptist L 57-114 500 Feb 6, 1999 SOUTHWEST ADVENTIST W 109-25 - *Feb 11, 1999 LETOURNEAU L 56-58 - *Feb 13, 1999 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE L 51-64 - *Feb 18, 1999 UNIV. OF THE OZARKS L 52-64 - *Feb 20, 1999 AUSTIN COLLEGE L 55-90 - * Denotes ASC game |
Women's Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS UTD OPP
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SCORING....................... 1473 1736
Points per game............. 61.4 72.3
Scoring margin.............. -11.0 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT............... 497-1458 664-1649
Field goal pct.............. .341 .403
3 POINT FG-ATT................ 122-457 95-316
3-point FG pct.............. .267 .301
3-pt FG made per game....... 5.1 4.0
FREE THROWS-ATT............... 357-557 313-490
Free throw pct.............. .641 .639
REBOUNDS...................... 1055 1022
Rebounds per game........... 44.0 42.6
Rebounding margin........... +1.4 -
ASSISTS....................... 257 367
Assists per game............ 10.7 15.3
TURNOVERS..................... 599 483
Turnovers per game.......... 25.0 20.1
Turnover margin............. -4.8 -
Assist/turnover ratio....... 0.4 0.8
STEALS........................ 226 337
Steals per game............. 9.4 14.0
BLOCKS........................ 48 54
Blocks per game............. 2.0 2.3
WINNING STREAK................ 0 -
Home win streak............. 0 -
ATTENDANCE.................... 1191 2201
Home games-Avg/Game......... 14-85 10-214
Neutral site-Avg/Game....... - 1-58
BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total
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Team........ 682 791 - 1473
Opponents... 823 913 - 1736
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## SUMMARY GP-GS Min FG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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50 Becky Fulin......... 24-20 28.0 .413 .000 .587 10.3 0.3 34 15 11.3
13 Mindy Mott.......... 24-17 20.5 .301 .293 .623 3.5 1.1 23 1 9.8
24 Stacie Sullivan..... 22-7 18.9 .374 .333 .744 2.4 1.3 24 3 8.0
44 Stephanie Plemons... 24-10 23.7 .450 .000 .667 5.6 0.5 17 9 6.1
0 Melissa Moses....... 21-11 26.5 .242 .185 .652 2.3 4.5 31 0 6.0
32 Lisa Fowler......... 20-13 15.9 .394 .333 .657 3.6 0.5 14 2 5.6
34 Emily Weaks......... 24-12 18.5 .220 .162 .600 2.7 1.5 19 9 4.0
35 Tonya Clement....... 16-2 11.1 .395 .000 .917 1.6 0.7 10 1 2.8
21 Jaime Eggspuehler... 18-1 10.6 .286 .342 .750 1.6 0.4 11 2 2.4
14 Kerrie McLemore..... 18-0 9.2 .314 .000 .679 1.9 0.4 6 1 2.3
42 Shelly Dunn......... 6-2 16.0 .444 .000 .727 5.3 0.2 5 4 6.7
42 Stacye Hall......... 9-4 19.3 .302 .000 .769 5.6 0.4 5 0 4.0
33 Tiffany Weaks....... 12-0 3.8 .375 .200 .167 0.4 0.3 7 0 1.3
12 Desiree Squire...... 9-0 8.1 .385 .500 .500 1.6 0.2 4 0 1.6
35 Kim Rose............ 1-0 25.0 .200 .000 1.000 2.0 1.0 2 0 9.0
23 Tonya Walker........ 1-0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Total............... 24 .341 .267 .641 44.0 10.7 226 48 61.4
Opponents........... 24 .403 .301 .639 42.6 15.3 337 54 72.3
SCORING GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G
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Becky Fulin......... 24 90-218 .413 0-2 .000 91-155 .587 271 11.3
Mindy Mott.......... 24 77-256 .301 48-164 .293 33-53 .623 235 9.8
Stacie Sullivan..... 22 61-163 .374 23-69 .333 32-43 .744 177 8.0
Stephanie Plemons... 24 59-131 .450 0-0 .000 28-42 .667 146 6.1
Melissa Moses....... 21 40-165 .242 17-92 .185 30-46 .652 127 6.0
Lisa Fowler......... 20 39-99 .394 11-33 .333 23-35 .657 112 5.6
Emily Weaks......... 24 28-127 .220 6-37 .162 33-55 .600 95 4.0
Tonya Clement....... 16 17-43 .395 0-0 .000 11-12 .917 45 2.8
Jaime Eggspuehler... 18 14-49 .286 13-38 .342 3-4 .750 44 2.4
Kerrie McLemore..... 18 11-35 .314 0-2 .000 19-28 .679 41 2.3
Shelly Dunn......... 6 16-36 .444 0-3 .000 8-11 .727 40 6.7
Stacye Hall......... 9 13-43 .302 0-0 .000 10-13 .769 36 4.0
Tiffany Weaks....... 12 6-16 .375 1-5 .200 2-12 .167 15 1.3
Desiree Squire...... 9 5-13 .385 1-2 .500 3-6 .500 14 1.6
Kim Rose............ 1 3-15 .200 0-4 .000 3-3 1.000 9 9.0
Tonya Walker........ 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0
Total............... 24 497-1458 .341 122-457 .267 357-557 .641 1473 61.4
Opponents........... 24 664-1649 .403 95-316 .301 313-490 .639 1736 72.3
REBOUNDS
TOTALS GP MIN OFF DEF TOT PF FO A TO A/TO HI
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Becky Fulin......... 24 673 90 157 247 72 4 6 75 0.1 23
Mindy Mott.......... 24 492 25 58 83 35 1 26 51 0.5 23
Stacie Sullivan..... 22 415 19 34 53 27 0 28 59 0.5 17
Stephanie Plemons... 24 568 63 71 134 59 2 11 43 0.3 14
Melissa Moses....... 21 557 5 44 49 58 3 94 114 0.8 15
Lisa Fowler......... 20 319 26 46 72 30 0 10 41 0.2 13
Emily Weaks......... 24 443 17 47 64 25 0 35 58 0.6 14
Tonya Clement....... 16 178 10 16 26 15 0 11 29 0.4 20
Jaime Eggspuehler... 18 190 10 19 29 11 0 7 24 0.3 12
Kerrie McLemore..... 18 165 13 22 35 9 0 7 18 0.4 6
Shelly Dunn......... 6 96 13 19 32 14 0 1 6 0.2 12
Stacye Hall......... 9 174 21 29 50 18 0 4 21 0.2 9
Tiffany Weaks....... 12 46 2 3 5 10 0 3 7 0.4 5
Desiree Squire...... 9 73 4 10 14 6 0 2 9 0.2 4
Kim Rose............ 1 25 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 0.5 9
Tonya Walker........ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Total............... 24 4614 378 677 1055 413 11 257 599 0.4 109
Opponents........... 24 4589 378 644 1022 470 - 367 483 0.8 114
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