2018–19 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team

The 2018–19 Texas Southern Tigers basketball team represents Texas Southern University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first-year head coach Johnny Jones, play their home games at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

2018–19 Texas Southern Tigers basketball
CIT, semifinals
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	24–14 (14–4 SWAC)
Head coach	Johnny Jones (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Randy Peele Kenneth Mangrum Shyrone Chatman
Home arena	Health and Physical Education Arena
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 SWAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Prairie View A&M †	17	–	1		.944			22	–	13		.629
Texas Southern	14	–	4		.778			24	–	14		.632
Jackson State	10	–	8		.556			13	–	19		.406
Grambling State	10	–	8		.556			17	–	17		.500
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	10	–	8		.556			13	–	19		.406
Alabama State	9	–	9		.500			12	–	19		.387
Southern	6	–	12		.333			7	–	25		.219
Alcorn State	6	–	12		.333			10	–	21		.323
Mississippi Valley State	4	–	14		.222			6	–	26		.188
Alabama A&M*	4	–	14		.222			5	–	27		.156
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2019 SWAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017–18 season 16–20, 12–6 in SWAC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. Due to Grambling State's Academic Progress Rate violations and subsequent postseason ineligibility, they received the No. 3 seed in the SWAC tournament where they defeated Alabama State, Prairie View A&M and Arkansas–Pine Bluff to become SWAC Tournament champions. They received the SWAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated North Carolina Central in the First Four before losing in the first round to Xavier.

On June 5, 2018, head coach Mike Davis announced he would step down as head coach to become the head coach at Detroit, which was made official on June 13.^[1][2] On June 25, the school hired Nevada associate head coach and former North Texas and LSU head coach Johnny Jones for the job.^[3]

Roster

2018–19 Texas Southern Tigers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 0 Devocio Butler 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Atlanta, Georgia F 1 Jeremy Combs 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Sr Dallas, Texas F 2 Eden Ewing 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Richmond, Texas G 3 Jalyn Patterson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 191 lb (87 kg) RS Sr Atlanta, Georgia G 4 Derrick Bruce 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Moreno Valley, California C 5 Trayvon Reed 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr Mobile, Alabama G 11 Cainan McClelland 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Houston, Texas G 12 John Jones 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Baton Rouge, Louisiana F 14 Chris Baldwin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Springfield, Massachusetts F 15 Justin Hopkins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Huntsville, Alabama G 20 Tyrik Armstrong 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Houston, Texas G 23 Ashton McLelland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Houston, Texas G 24 Sean Olden II 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Tulsa, Oklahoma F 25 Kevin Granger Jr. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 194 lb (88 kg) RS So Houston, Texas G 32 Divonte Lumpkin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr Chicago, Illinois F 44 Michael Dobbins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 275 lb (125 kg) RS Fr Compton, California	Head coach Johnny Jones (LSU) Assistant coach(es) Randy Peele Kenneth Mangrum Shyrone Chatman Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 24, 2019

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018* 8:30 pm, FSSW		at Baylor	W 72–69	1–0	Ferrell Center (4,327) Waco, TX
Nov 10, 2018* 9:00 pm, ATTSW		at No. 3 Gonzaga Maui on the Mainland	L 67–104	1–1	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
Nov 12, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Iowa State Maui on the Mainland	L 73–85	1–2	Hilton Coliseum (13,787) Ames, IA
Nov 14, 2018* 9:00 pm		at San Diego State Maui on the Mainland	L 64–103	1–3	Viejas Arena (10,507) San Diego, CA
Nov 18, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Evansville Maui on the Mainland	L 63–85	1–4	Ford Center (4,578) Evansville, IN
Nov 26, 2018* 8:00 pm, P12N		at No. 18 Oregon	W 89–84	2–4	Matthew Knight Arena (6,926) Eugene, OR
Nov 29, 2018* 7:30 pm		Huston-Tillotson	W 81–76	3–4	H&PE Arena (2,389) Houston, TX
Dec 1, 2018* 8:30 pm, P12N		at Arizona State	L 71–83	3–5	Wells Fargo Arena (10,085) Tempe, AZ
Dec 3, 2018* 6:00 pm, SECN		at Georgia	L 75–92	3–6	Stegeman Coliseum (6,801) Athens, GA
Dec 8, 2018* 7:30 pm		Concordia	W 107–70	4–6	H&PE Arena (1,303) Houston, TX
Dec 17, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Tulane	L 70–77	4–7	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,050) New Orleans, LA
Dec 19, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lamar	L 72–80	4–8	Montagne Center (1,846) Beaumont, TX
Dec 29, 2018* 2:30 pm, SECN		at Texas A&M	W 88–73	5–8	Reed Arena  College Station, TX
SWAC regular season
Jan 5, 2019 5:30 pm		at Alcorn State	W 87–70	6–8 (1–0)	Davey Whitney Complex (306) Lorman, MS
Jan 7, 2019 7:30 pm		at Southern	W 77–67	7–8 (2–0)	F. G. Clark Center (2,750) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 12, 2019 5:00 pm		at Prairie View A&M	L 73–79	7–9 (2–1)	William Nicks Building (2,750) Prairie View, TX
Jan 19, 2019 7:30 pm		Grambling State	L 87–88	7–10 (2–2)	H&PE Arena (2,791) Houston, TX
Jan 21, 2019 5:30 pm		Jackson State	W 75–65	8–10 (3–2)	H&PE Arena (2,227) Houston, TX
Jan 26, 2019 7:30 pm		at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	L 86–90	8–11 (3–3)	K. L. Johnson Complex (2,478) Pine Bluff, AR
Jan 28, 2019 7:30 pm		at Mississippi Valley State	W 65–62	9–11 (4–3)	Harrison HPER Complex (1,229) Itta Bena, MS
Feb 2, 2019 7:30 pm		Alabama State	W 83–59	10–11 (5–3)	H&PE Arena (874) Houston, TX
Feb 4, 2019 7:30 pm		Alabama A&M	W 84–74	11–11 (6–3)	H&PE Arena (752) Houston, TX
Feb 9, 2019 7:30 pm		Prairie View A&M	W 95–90	12–11 (7–3)	H&PE Arena (6,357) Houston, TX
Feb 16, 2019 5:00 pm		at Grambling State	W 86–65	13–11 (8–3)	Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (1,619) Grambling, LA
Feb 18, 2019 7:30 pm		at Jackson State	W 77–65	14–11 (9–3)	Williams Assembly Center (952) Jackson, MS
Feb 23, 2019 7:30 pm		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 94–74	15–11 (10–3)	H&PE Arena (1,582) Houston, TX
Feb 25, 2019 7:30 pm		Mississippi Valley State	W 92–80	16–11 (11–3)	H&PE Arena (647) Houston, TX
Mar 2, 2019 5:00 pm		at Alabama State	W 78–68	17–11 (12–3)	Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,908) Montgomery, AL
Mar 4, 2019 7:30 pm		at Alabama A&M	W 66–61	18–11 (13–3)	Elmore Gymnasium (672) Normal, AL
Mar 7, 2019 7:30 pm		Alcorn State	W 99–72	19–11 (14–3)	H&PE Arena (849) Houston, TX
Mar 9, 2019 7:30 pm		Southern	L 77–87	19–12 (14–4)	H&PE Arena (1,261) Houston, TX
SWAC tournament
Mar 12, 2019 7:30 pm	(2)	(7) Southern Quarterfinals	W 80–70	20–12	H&PE Arena (1,463) Houston, TX
Mar 15, 2019 8:30 pm, ESPN3	(2)	vs. (6) Alabama State Semifinals	W 80–66	21–12	Bill Harris Arena (1,276) Birmingham, AL
Mar 16, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(2)	vs. (1) Prairie View A&M Championship game	L 86–92	21–13	Bill Harris Arena  Birmingham, AL
CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament
Mar 20, 2019* 7:00 pm		at New Orleans First round	W 95–89 ^OT	22–13	Lakefront Arena (612) New Orleans, LA
Mar 25, 2019* 7:00 pm		at UTRGV Second round	W 94–85	23–13	UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,216) Edinburg, TX
Mar 28, 2019* 7:00 pm		at Louisiana–Monroe Quarterfinals	W 108–102 ^3OT	24–13	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (6,004) Monroe, LA
Apr 2, 2019* 7:00 pm		at Green Bay Semifinals	L 86–87 ^OT	24–14	Kress Events Center (2,269) Green Bay, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

1. "Detroit Mercy to hire Mike Davis as head coach". CollegeBasketballTalk. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
2. Paul, Tony (June 13, 2018). "Mike Davis hired by Detroit Mercy; press conference Thursday". The Detroit News. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
3. Miller, Brody (June 25, 2018). "Former LSU basketball coach Johnny Jones to be Texas Southern's new coach". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA. Retrieved June 25, 2018.