Houston Baptist

Official Name: 
Houston Baptist University
Nickname: 
Huskies
Mailing Address: 

7502 Fondren
Houston, TX 77074

Website: 
www.hbuhuskies.com
Telephone: 
(281) 649-3342
Fax: 
(281) 649-3496
Enrollment: 
2,300
Arena: 

Sharp Gymnasium
Capacity: 1,500
Year Opened: 19

School Colors: 
Royal Blue and Orange
Conference: 

Great West (since 2009)
Former Member of Trans America Athletic (1980-89)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1984
0-1 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

None

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(10) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007
2-10 record (.167)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Ron Cottrell ( years from 19??-2010, - record, .)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Eddie Brown (1,939 points from 1970-72)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

E.C. Coleman (1,287 from 1970-73)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Reggie Gibbs (43 points vs. Texas-San Antonio and Georgia Southern in 1988-89)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Reggie Gibbs* (43 at Texas-San Antonio)
????? ??, 1989 (??nior/??.? ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time HBU mark set by Rod Nealy (52 at Huston-Tillotson, Tex., on ?-??-03).
HOUSTON BAPTIST (): .
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (): .

1

2

Total

0

0

0

0
Box Score Notes: 

Reggie Gibbs* (43 vs. Georgia southern in quarterfinals of TAAC Tournament)
March 7, 1989 (??nior/??.? ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time HBU mark set by Rod Nealy (52 at Huston-Tillotson, Tex., on ?-??-03).

1

2

Total

Houston Baptist

40

38

78

Georgia Southern

30

42

72

Houston Baptist

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Negron

3-4

0-0

0-1

6

Sierra

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Jordan

5-5

0-0

0-0

10

Hudson

0-1

0-0

0-1

0

Gibbs

13-22

6-11

11-14

43

Pritchett

1-3

0-0

2-3

5

Teheran

3-11

0-0

3-4

9

Stephens

2-2

0-0

0-0

5

Williams

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

27-49

8-13

16-23

78

Percentages

.551

.615

.696

Georgia Southern

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Curry

4-4

0-0

9-13

17

Sherrod

4-6

0-0

3-6

11

Sanders

11-25

0-0

4-7

26

Harding

3-7

1-3

0-0

7

Pierce

4-10

0-1

0-1

8

Barlow

1-1

1-1

0-0

3

Voikic

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

Miller

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

Hagans

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Leach

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

27-55

2-7

16-27

72

Percentages

.491

.286

.593
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Gerald Myers

3

1968-70

32-43

.427

1969

16-12

Lonnie Richards

5

1971-75

51-74

.408

1971

15-11

Bob McKinley

2

1976-77

11-44

.222

1978

7-19

Gene Iba

8

1978-85

128-96

.571

1984

24-7

Tommy Jones

4

1986-89

50-63

.442

1987

18-11

Ron Cottrell

20

1992-2011

393-255

.606

2003

31-3
  • All-Time W-L Record: 665-575 (.536) from 1968 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Houston Baptist competed as a major-college program for 16 seasons from 1973-74 through 1988-89 before returning to the NCAA Division I level in 2007-08. HBU was a member of the Trans America Athletic Conference the entire decade of the 1980s
  • The school did not field a squad in 1989-90 and 1990-91.