Northwestern State

Official Name: 
Northwestern State University
Nickname: 
Demons
Mailing Address: 

Room 112
Prather Coliseum
398 South Jefferson
Natchitoches, LA 71497

Website: 
www.nsudemons.com
Telephone: 
(318) 357-6467
Fax: 
(318) 357-4515
Enrollment: 
10,120
Arena: 

Prather Coliseum
Capacity: 3,900
Year Opened: 1964

School Colors: 
Purple, White and Burnt Orange
Conference: 

Southland (since 1988)
Former Member of Trans America Athletic (1981-84) and Gulf Star (1985-87)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 2001 and 2006
2-2 record (.500)

NIT Appearances: 

None

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(7) 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1974
4-7 record (.364)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

H. Lee Prather (36 years from 1913-50 when school was classified as a small college, 473-169 record, .737)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Billy Reynolds (2,009 points from 1974-77)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

James Wyatt (1,549 from 1966-69 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Billy Reynolds (42 points as senior at Lamar on 12/4/76)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Billy Reynolds* (42 at Lamar)
December 4, 1976 (senior/26.4 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time Northwestern State mark set by Jimmy Leach (54 vs. Southwestern Louisiana on 2-27-59).

1

2

Total

Northwestern State

42

50

92

Lamar

53

44

97

Northwestern State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Elie

1-3

2-2

4

Reynolds

16-27

10-15

42

Piper

5-11

0-0

10

Bell

6-13

2-2

14

Davis

5-11

0-1

10

McKellar

1-2

0-0

2

Edens

1-1

0-0

2

Lively

0-0

0-1

0

Smith

3-4

2-2

8

Totals

38-72

16-23

92

Percentages

.528

.696

Lamar

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Nowicki

8-11

4-4

20

Glover

5-11

3-5

13

Taylor

0-0

0-0

0

Minkins

4-14

3-5

11

Blueford

6-12

4-5

16

S. Lewis

6-14

1-2

13

C. Lewis

2-5

0-0

4

Chambers

0-1

0-0

0

Kea

8-13

2-5

18

Bardwell

0-0

0-0

0

Bellard

1-1

0-0

2

Totals

40-82

17-26

97

Percentages

.488

.654
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

H. Lee Prather

36

1913-50

473-169

.737

1913

3-0

Charles "Red" Thomas

7

1951-57

138-77

.624

1954

23-9

Huey W. Cranford

8

1958-65

116-98

.542

1960

23-5

Tynes Hildebrand

15

1966-80

191-199

.490

1966

18-7

Wayne Yates

5

1981-85

48-92

.343

1982

19-9

Don Beasley

3

1986-88

42-41

.506

1988

16-12

Dan Bell

6

1989-94

68-98

.410

1992

15-13

J.D. Barnett

5

1995-99

55-79

.410

1995, 1998

13-14

Mike McConathy

12

2000-11

184-188

.495

2006

26-8
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,311-1,045 (.556) from 1913 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Northwestern State (LA) moved up to major-college status in 1977
  • No records are available for 1914, 1918, 1924 and 1938
  • The school did not field teams in 1943-44 and 1944-45 during World War II.