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Men's Basketball Record Book

Men's Basketball Record Book

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SHORTCUT LINKS: INDIVIDUAL RECORDS | TEAM RECORDSALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS | COACHING HISTORY

All-Time DIII Record: 365-465

Most Wins: 20; 2004-05
Highest Winnning %: .741; 2004-05
Most Conference Wins: 11; 2004-05 & 2018-19
Consecutive Wins: 11; 2005-6
Consecutive Home Wins: 14; 1984-85
Widest Margin of Victory: 62 Mary Hardin-Baylor; 2-6-1984
Widest Margin of Defeat: 50 Oklahoma; 12-10-1984

Post Season Tournament Appearances
NAIA: 1978-79, 1984-85, 1985-86 (Quarterfinals)
1989-90 (Sweet 16)

Players Advancing to the Pros
Bobby Deaton 1986 Milwaukee Bucks

Conference Champions
TIAA: 1925
Texas Conference: 1926
Big State: 1980
District 4: 1984, 1989

All-Americans
Davis Blanton Honorable Mention NAIA 1968
Mike Thompson Honorable Mention NAIA 1980, 1981
Andra Higgs Honorable Mention NAIA 1984
Bobby Deaton Third Team NAIA 1985
First Team NAIA 1986
Raphael Baranco Honorable Mention NAIA 1987
Chris Plumee Honorable Mention NAIA 1989
Ron Chovanec Second Team NAIA 1991
Aaron Bowser Third Team NCAA 2005

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Points 

Game High: 46 Bobby Deaton Schreiner 2-1-1986
Season High: 765 Bobby Deaton 1985-1986
Season Avg. High: 26.3 Bobby Deaton 1985-1986
Career High:  2,584 Bobby Deaton 1982-1986

3-Pointers
Game High: 8 Derrick Mueller Centre 2-26-2000
Season High: 71 Nick Caputo 2010-2011
Career High: 188 Nick Caputo 2007-2011

Rebounds 
Game High: 26 Robert Lee UT Arlington 1-6-1973
Season High: 367 Robert Lee 1972-1973
Career High: 1,192 Bobby Deaton 1982-1986

Assists
Game High: 11 Wally Meyer TX Lutheran 11-20-1984
Season High:  155 Wally Meyer 1984-1985
Career High: 384 Mike Dunleavy 1999-2003

Steals 
Game High: 8 Michael Dunleavy Rhodes 12-3-2000
Season High: 60 Rene Guzman 1998-1999
Career High: 192 Mike Dunleavy 1999-2003

Blocked Shots
Game High: 7 Gerald Embry Schreiner 1-16-1988
Season High:  63 Gerald Embry 1987-1988
Career High: 169 Rene Guzman 1996-2000

TEAM RECORDS
Points
Game High:
127 Huston-Tillotson 1-31-1972
Season High: 2,610 1984-1985
Season Avg. High: 88.0 1972-1973

3pt FG Made 
Game High: 17 Rhodes 1-22-2006, 1-20-2017, 2-9-2019
Season High: 234 2018-19

Rebounds
Game High: 68 Southwestern Adventist 11-17-1995
Season High: 1,547 1973-1974

Assists
Game High: 28 Oglethorpe 1-18-2004
Season High: 551 1984-1985

Steals
Game High: 19 Howard Payen 11-17-2018
Season High: 282 1997-1998

Blocked Shots
Game High: 11 Lakeland 2-19-2008
Season High: 92 2021-22

ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS
SCAC First Team
Aaron Bowser 2004, 2005
Rober Cates 2005
Jamonn Little 2006
Blake Scott 2016
Brandon Alexander 2019
Kyle Poerschke 2021, 2022

SCAC Second Team
Clint Bradley 1997
Kyle Ellisor 2003
Justin Westmoreland 2004
Aaron Bowser 2006
Robert Cates 2006
Jonathan Brown 2010
Nick Caputo 2011
Michael Cantu 2013, 2014
Zach Whitlock 2015, 2016
Ryan Ogeden 2017
Brandon Alexander 2020

Third Team
Chase Kocher 2013
Honorable Mention
Cory Shrader 1996, 1997
Rene Guzman 1999
Derrick Mueller 2000
Marcus Washington 2000
Michael Dunleavy 2001, 2003
Kyle Ellisor 2004
Jamonn Little 2005
Casey Gorder 2007
Matt Caplan 2007, 2008
A.C. Cox 2009
Travis Barber 2009, 2010
Zach Bergstrom 2009, 2010
Nick Caputo 2010
Logan Hurley 2011, 2012
Sean Myers 2013
Blake Scott, 2015
Zach Whitlock, 2017
Brandon Alexander 2018
Brock Luechtefeld 2023

SCAC Coach-of-the-Year
Bill Raleigh 2003, 2005
Janson Hightower 2019 

SCAC Player-of-the-Year
Aaron Bowser 2005

SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year
Aaron Bowser 2006

COACHING RECORDS (DIII)
2025-26 Matt Streich
2019-25 Connor Kuykendall 6 Seasons 39-100
2014-19 Janson Hightower 5 Seasons 66-65
1999-14 Bill Raleigh 15 Seasons 192-199
1995-99 Stephen W. Kenney 4 Seasons 38-60
1992-95 Lloyd Winston 3 Seasons 30-45
All-Time  33 Season (DIII) 365-465 .440