10/31/2021 | Men’s Basketball
PORTALES, NM – The Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball team is set to open the 2021-22 season at the University of Arizona for an exhibition on Monday, November 1 at 8 p.m. (MT).
The Greyhounds missed the 2020-21 season due to state COVID-19 restrictions and are excited to get back on the court for the 2021-22 season.
LAST SEASON (2019-20)
The Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball team returns to the court for the first time since the end of the 2019-20 season. The Greyhounds had to sit out the 2020-21 season due to New Mexico COVID-19 restrictions.
ENMU finished the 2019-20 season with an overall record of 8-19 and a 8-14 mark in Lone Star Conference play.
In 2019-20, the Greyhounds averaged 74 points per game, 35.4 rebounds per game, 11.3 assists per game, 6.9 steals per game, and 3.0 blocks per game.
Of the returners for Eastern, Jose Serrano averaged 10.6 points per game and played 19.1 minutes per game. Defensively, Yosnier Cobas led the 2019-20 team in rebounds with 5.1 per game.
NEW LEADER AT THE HELM
Brent Owen was named the 14th head coach in program history in May 2020. While he is heading into his second season at Eastern, this will be the first on the bench since the 2020-21 season was unfortunately canceled for the Hounds.
Prior to joining the Greyhounds, Owen was an assistant coach at the University of Southern Indiana for nine years.
LSC PRESEASON POLL
The LSC recently released the 2021-22 Preseason Poll. The Greyhounds were picked to finish 14th out of 17 teams. In addition to the poll, the Preseason Player of the Year was also selected and Lubbock Christian’s Parker Hicks won the award.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION
The Arizona Wildcats were picked to finish T-4th in the PAC-12 Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll, announced ahead of the 2021-22 season.
Bennedict Mathurin and Azuolas Tubelis were both selected to the Preseason All PAC-12 Teams. Mathurin earned First Team honors, while Tubelis was named to the Second Team.
The Wildcats are under the direction of a new head coach in Tommy Lloyd. He assumed his role in April 2021 after serving as an assistant coach at Gonzaga for 20 years.
