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2011-12 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary

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Record: 150-121, .554 W-L% (8th of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 0.42 (12th of 33) ▪ SOS: -0.40 (13th of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Nevada
Tournament Champion: New Mexico State

NCAA Tournament: 1 (New Mexico State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Nevada R 13 1 .929 28 7 .800 70.0 65.1 4.5 -0.4
2 New Mexico State* T 10 4 .714 26 10 .722 77.1 68.4 8.7 0.1
3 Idaho  9 5 .643 19 14 .576 69.1 67.9 0.8 -0.4
4 Utah State  8 6 .571 21 16 .568 68.9 65.1 3.5 -0.4
5 Louisiana Tech  6 8 .429 18 16 .529 68.7 70.1 -2.7 -1.2
5 Hawaii  6 8 .429 16 16 .500 73.2 75.4 -2.8 -0.5
7 Fresno State  3 11 .214 13 20 .394 65.1 66.8 -0.9 0.8
8 San Jose State  1 13 .071 9 22 .290 66.3 73.0 -7.9 -1.2

NCAA Tournament

Second Round
New Mexico State lost (79-66) versus Indiana (South Regional)

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Preston Medlin-UTST 37
  Morgan Grim-UTST 37
  Brockeith Pane-UTST 37
4. Tshilidzi Nephawe-NMST 36
  Daniel Mullings-NMST 36
  Hamidu Rahman-NMST 36
  Ben Clifford-UTST 36
  Tyrone Watson-NMST 36
  Kyisean Reed-UTST 36
  Hernst Laroche-NMST 36
  Bandja Sy-NMST 36
  Mitch Bruneel-UTST 36
Minutes Played
1. Preston Medlin-UTST 1302
2. Hernst Laroche-NMST 1208
3. Steven Shepp-FREST 1207
4. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 1205
5. Brockeith Pane-UTST 1194
6. Wendell McKines-NMST 1179
7. Deonte Burton-NV 1152
8. Dario Hunt-NV 1140
9. Malik Story-NV 1087
10. Kyle Barone-ID 1082
Field Goals
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 233
2. Preston Medlin-UTST 204
3. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 189
4. Olek Czyz-NV 180
5. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 173
6. Vander Joaquim-HI 172
7. James Kinney-SJST 170
8. Malik Story-NV 166
  Joston Thomas-HI 166
10. Brockeith Pane-UTST 164
Field Goal Attempts
1. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 508
2. Wendell McKines-NMST 505
3. James Kinney-SJST 420
4. Preston Medlin-UTST 411
5. Brockeith Pane-UTST 405
6. Malik Story-NV 384
7. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 368
8. Deonte Burton-NV 366
9. Zane Johnson-HI 337
  Keith Shamburger-SJST 337
Field Goal Percentage
1. Vander Joaquim-HI .560
2. Olek Czyz-NV .540
3. Joston Thomas-HI .527
4. Wil Carter-SJST .512
5. Preston Medlin-UTST .496
6. Raheem Appleby-LATECH .470
7. Wendell McKines-NMST .461
8. James Kinney-SJST .405
9. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST .372
3-Point Field Goals
1. Preston Medlin-UTST 95
2. Malik Story-NV 94
3. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 92
4. Deremy Geiger-ID 87
5. James Kinney-SJST 86
6. Zane Johnson-HI 82
7. Cordarius Johnson-LATECH 58
  Deonte Burton-NV 58
9. Trevor Gaskins-LATECH 57
10. Wendell McKines-NMST 51
  Keith Shamburger-SJST 51
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 272
2. Zane Johnson-HI 227
3. Malik Story-NV 226
4. Preston Medlin-UTST 222
5. James Kinney-SJST 216
6. Deremy Geiger-ID 198
7. Cordarius Johnson-LATECH 168
  Keith Shamburger-SJST 168
9. Deonte Burton-NV 156
10. Trevor Gaskins-LATECH 148
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Deremy Geiger-ID .439
2. Preston Medlin-UTST .428
3. Malik Story-NV .416
4. James Kinney-SJST .398
5. Zane Johnson-HI .361
6. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST .338
Free Throws
1. Deonte Burton-NV 165
2. Wendell McKines-NMST 136
3. Preston Medlin-UTST 125
4. Hernst Laroche-NMST 120
5. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 118
6. Keith Shamburger-SJST 115
7. Vander Joaquim-HI 114
8. Olek Czyz-NV 108
  Brockeith Pane-UTST 108
  Kyle Barone-ID 108
Free Throw Attempts
1. Deonte Burton-NV 207
2. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 205
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 180
4. Wendell McKines-NMST 179
5. Olek Czyz-NV 172
6. Kyle Barone-ID 169
7. Hernst Laroche-NMST 165
8. Joston Thomas-HI 160
9. Dario Hunt-NV 159
10. Preston Medlin-UTST 156
Free Throw Percentage
1. Jonathan Wills-FREST .850
2. Zane Johnson-HI .841
3. Preston Medlin-UTST .801
4. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST .797
5. Deonte Burton-NV .797
6. Brockeith Pane-UTST .777
7. Keith Shamburger-SJST .772
8. Wendell McKines-NMST .760
9. Wil Carter-SJST .748
10. Hernst Laroche-NMST .727
Offensive Rebounds
1. Dario Hunt-NV 130
2. Wendell McKines-NMST 118
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 100
4. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 99
5. Wil Carter-SJST 95
6. Olek Czyz-NV 76
7. Morgan Grim-UTST 74
8. Jerry Brown-FREST 72
9. Kyle Barone-ID 69
10. Kyisean Reed-UTST 65
Defensive Rebounds
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 256
2. Dario Hunt-NV 208
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 204
4. Kyle Barone-ID 195
5. Wil Carter-SJST 173
6. Preston Medlin-UTST 159
7. Olek Czyz-NV 151
  Morgan Grim-UTST 151
9. Stephen Madison-ID 126
10. Joston Thomas-HI 118
  Kevin Foster-FREST 118
Total Rebounds
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 374
2. Dario Hunt-NV 338
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 304
4. Wil Carter-SJST 268
5. Kyle Barone-ID 264
6. Olek Czyz-NV 227
7. Morgan Grim-UTST 225
8. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 209
9. Kyisean Reed-UTST 182
10. Jerry Brown-FREST 180
  Stephen Madison-ID 180
Assists
1. Jeremiah Ostrowski-HI 175
2. Steven Shepp-FREST 166
3. Brockeith Pane-UTST 159
4. Landon Tatum-ID 155
  Keith Shamburger-SJST 155
6. Deonte Burton-NV 148
7. Kenneth Smith-LATECH 142
8. Hernst Laroche-NMST 136
9. Preston Medlin-UTST 124
10. Tyrone Watson-NMST 113
Steals
1. Hernst Laroche-NMST 64
2. Daniel Mullings-NMST 58
3. Steven Shepp-FREST 47
4. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 44
  Tyler Johnson-FREST 44
6. Kenneth Smith-LATECH 42
7. Keith Shamburger-SJST 40
  James Kinney-SJST 40
9. Deonte Burton-NV 38
10. Trevor Gaskins-LATECH 36
Blocks
1. Dario Hunt-NV 83
2. Michale Kyser-LATECH 60
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 58
4. Kyle Barone-ID 50
5. Djim Bandoumel-ID 47
6. Kyisean Reed-UTST 41
7. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 39
8. Morgan Grim-UTST 32
  Tshilidzi Nephawe-NMST 32
10. Jerry Brown-FREST 27
Turnovers
1. Brockeith Pane-UTST 107
2. Dario Hunt-NV 95
3. James Kinney-SJST 92
4. Kyle Barone-ID 87
5. Olek Czyz-NV 85
6. Kenneth Smith-LATECH 82
7. Hernst Laroche-NMST 81
8. Landon Tatum-ID 79
9. Tyrone Watson-NMST 78
10. Daniel Mullings-NMST 76
  Joston Thomas-HI 76
Personal Fouls
1. Morgan Grim-UTST 126
2. Jonathan Wills-FREST 117
3. Tshilidzi Nephawe-NMST 114
4. Kyisean Reed-UTST 109
5. Tyler Johnson-FREST 108
6. Brandon Gibson-LATECH 103
  Wil Carter-SJST 103
8. Jerry Brown-FREST 99
  Kevin Foster-FREST 99
10. Vander Joaquim-HI 98
Points
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 653
2. Preston Medlin-UTST 628
3. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 588
4. Deonte Burton-NV 517
5. Malik Story-NV 495
6. James Kinney-SJST 490
7. Olek Czyz-NV 484
8. Brockeith Pane-UTST 465
9. Vander Joaquim-HI 458
10. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 446
Minutes Played Per Game
1. Steven Shepp-FREST 36.6
2. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 36.5
3. Keith Shamburger-SJST 35.2
4. Preston Medlin-UTST 35.2
5. Zane Johnson-HI 34.3
6. Wendell McKines-NMST 33.7
7. Hernst Laroche-NMST 33.6
8. Deonte Burton-NV 32.9
9. Kyle Barone-ID 32.8
10. Dario Hunt-NV 32.6
Points Per Game
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 18.7
2. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 17.8
3. Preston Medlin-UTST 17.0
4. James Kinney-SJST 15.8
5. Deonte Burton-NV 14.8
6. Vander Joaquim-HI 14.3
7. Malik Story-NV 14.1
8. Zane Johnson-HI 14.0
9. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 13.9
10. Olek Czyz-NV 13.8
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 10.7
2. Dario Hunt-NV 9.7
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 9.5
4. Wil Carter-SJST 8.6
5. Kyle Barone-ID 8.0
6. Olek Czyz-NV 6.5
7. Morgan Grim-UTST 6.1
8. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 5.8
9. Stephen Madison-ID 5.5
  Jerry Brown-FREST 5.5
Assists Per Game
1. Jeremiah Ostrowski-HI 7.0
2. Keith Shamburger-SJST 5.2
3. Steven Shepp-FREST 5.0
4. Landon Tatum-ID 4.7
5. Brockeith Pane-UTST 4.3
6. Deonte Burton-NV 4.2
7. Kenneth Smith-LATECH 4.2
8. Hernst Laroche-NMST 3.8
9. Preston Medlin-UTST 3.4
10. Tyrone Watson-NMST 3.1
Steals Per Game
1. Hernst Laroche-NMST 1.8
2. Daniel Mullings-NMST 1.6
3. Steven Shepp-FREST 1.4
4. Tyler Johnson-FREST 1.3
  Keith Shamburger-SJST 1.3
  Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 1.3
7. James Kinney-SJST 1.3
8. Kenneth Smith-LATECH 1.2
9. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 1.1
10. Trevor Gaskins-LATECH 1.1
Blocks Per Game
1. Dario Hunt-NV 2.4
2. Michale Kyser-LATECH 1.8
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 1.8
4. Kyle Barone-ID 1.5
5. Djim Bandoumel-ID 1.5
6. Kyisean Reed-UTST 1.1
7. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 1.1
8. Tshilidzi Nephawe-NMST 0.9
9. Morgan Grim-UTST 0.9
10. Jerry Brown-FREST 0.8
Player Efficiency Rating
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 25.4
2. Vander Joaquim-HI 23.9
3. Preston Medlin-UTST 23.9
4. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 22.8
5. Kyisean Reed-UTST 22.0
6. Olek Czyz-NV 21.2
7. Joston Thomas-HI 20.8
8. Deonte Burton-NV 20.7
9. Wil Carter-SJST 19.9
10. Romario Souza-LATECH 19.8
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Preston Medlin-UTST .612
2. Olek Czyz-NV .565
3. Vander Joaquim-HI .560
4. Joston Thomas-HI .529
5. Raheem Appleby-LATECH .524
6. Wil Carter-SJST .513
7. Wendell McKines-NMST .512
8. James Kinney-SJST .507
9. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST .463
True Shooting Percentage
1. Preston Medlin-UTST .647
2. Deremy Geiger-ID .644
3. Kyisean Reed-UTST .636
4. Olek Czyz-NV .584
5. Vander Joaquim-HI .583
6. Hernst Laroche-NMST .578
7. Malik Story-NV .577
8. Kyle Barone-ID .575
9. Stephen Madison-ID .565
10. Wil Carter-SJST .560
Offensive Rebound Percentage
1. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 15.5
2. Dario Hunt-NV 13.5
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 12.1
4. Wendell McKines-NMST 11.5
5. Wil Carter-SJST 10.8
6. Kevin Foster-FREST 9.8
7. Ben Clifford-UTST 9.8
8. Kyisean Reed-UTST 9.7
9. Morgan Grim-UTST 9.6
10. Romario Souza-LATECH 9.1
Defensive Rebound Percentage
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 24.2
2. Vander Joaquim-HI 22.5
3. Kevin Foster-FREST 21.9
4. Wil Carter-SJST 21.1
5. Dario Hunt-NV 20.6
6. Kyle Barone-ID 20.3
7. Brandon Gibson-LATECH 18.5
8. Olek Czyz-NV 17.2
9. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 16.7
10. Tshilidzi Nephawe-NMST 16.4
Total Rebound Percentage
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 17.9
2. Vander Joaquim-HI 17.5
3. Dario Hunt-NV 17.2
4. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 16.1
5. Wil Carter-SJST 15.7
6. Kevin Foster-FREST 15.5
7. Kyle Barone-ID 14.8
8. Morgan Grim-UTST 13.3
9. Olek Czyz-NV 13.2
10. Ben Clifford-UTST 12.7
Assist Percentage
1. Jeremiah Ostrowski-HI 38.8
2. Keith Shamburger-SJST 32.3
3. Brockeith Pane-UTST 28.6
4. Landon Tatum-ID 28.6
5. Kenneth Smith-LATECH 28.3
6. Steven Shepp-FREST 27.7
7. Deonte Burton-NV 27.6
8. James Kinney-SJST 22.8
9. D.J. Brown-SJST 22.7
10. Preston Medlin-UTST 21.3
Steal Percentage
1. Daniel Mullings-NMST 3.3
2. Hernst Laroche-NMST 3.0
3. Tyler Johnson-FREST 2.9
4. Kenneth Smith-LATECH 2.8
5. Kenyon McNeaill-LATECH 2.6
6. James Kinney-SJST 2.5
7. Steven Shepp-FREST 2.5
8. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 2.3
9. Keith Shamburger-SJST 2.3
10. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 2.3
Block Percentage
1. Dario Hunt-NV 7.8
2. Djim Bandoumel-ID 6.2
3. Vander Joaquim-HI 5.8
4. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 5.4
5. Tshilidzi Nephawe-NMST 5.4
6. Kyle Barone-ID 5.0
7. Kyisean Reed-UTST 4.9
8. Kevin Foster-FREST 4.5
9. Morgan Grim-UTST 3.3
10. Jerry Brown-FREST 3.3
Turnover Percentage
1. Calvin Douglas-SJST 6.3
2. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 8.0
3. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 9.7
4. Wendell McKines-NMST 10.6
5. Deremy Geiger-ID 11.5
6. Tyler Johnson-FREST 11.7
7. Wil Carter-SJST 11.8
8. Brandon Gibson-LATECH 12.7
9. Preston Medlin-UTST 13.1
10. Deonte Burton-NV 13.3
Usage Percentage
1. James Kinney-SJST 29.7
2. Joston Thomas-HI 29.2
3. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 28.3
4. Brockeith Pane-UTST 26.6
5. Wendell McKines-NMST 26.3
6. Shaquille Stokes-HI 26.3
7. Olek Czyz-NV 26.0
8. Kevin Foster-FREST 25.6
9. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 25.4
10. Deonte Burton-NV 24.0
Points Produced
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 614
2. Preston Medlin-UTST 574
3. Deonte Burton-NV 525
4. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 513
5. Brockeith Pane-UTST 495
6. James Kinney-SJST 445
7. Malik Story-NV 441
8. Olek Czyz-NV 439
9. Hernst Laroche-NMST 434
10. Vander Joaquim-HI 433
Points Produced Per Game
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 17.5
2. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 15.6
3. Preston Medlin-UTST 15.5
4. Deonte Burton-NV 15.0
5. James Kinney-SJST 14.4
6. Keith Shamburger-SJST 14.1
7. Vander Joaquim-HI 13.5
8. Brockeith Pane-UTST 13.4
9. Wil Carter-SJST 12.6
10. Malik Story-NV 12.6
Offensive Rating
1. Deremy Geiger-ID 126.8
2. Preston Medlin-UTST 124.8
3. Wendell McKines-NMST 120.2
4. Deonte Burton-NV 118.6
5. Hernst Laroche-NMST 116.3
6. Vander Joaquim-HI 114.4
7. Wil Carter-SJST 113.7
8. Malik Story-NV 112.9
9. Stephen Madison-ID 112.2
10. Raheem Appleby-LATECH 109.7
Defensive Rating
1. Dario Hunt-NV 92.8
2. Wendell McKines-NMST 95.2
3. Daniel Mullings-NMST 95.9
4. Hamidu Rahman-NMST 96.4
5. Tshilidzi Nephawe-NMST 97.1
6. Brandon Gibson-LATECH 97.9
7. Bandja Sy-NMST 97.9
8. Kevin Foster-FREST 98.5
9. Hernst Laroche-NMST 98.5
10. Jerry Evans-NV 98.6
Offensive Win Shares
1. Preston Medlin-UTST 5.1
2. Wendell McKines-NMST 4.4
3. Deonte Burton-NV 3.9
4. Deremy Geiger-ID 3.4
5. Hernst Laroche-NMST 2.8
6. Malik Story-NV 2.8
7. Kyisean Reed-UTST 2.7
8. Vander Joaquim-HI 2.7
9. Wil Carter-SJST 2.5
10. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 2.5
Defensive Win Shares
1. Dario Hunt-NV 2.4
2. Wendell McKines-NMST 2.2
3. Hernst Laroche-NMST 1.8
4. Daniel Mullings-NMST 1.8
5. Olek Czyz-NV 1.5
6. Tyrone Watson-NMST 1.5
7. Deonte Burton-NV 1.4
8. Jerry Evans-NV 1.4
9. Preston Medlin-UTST 1.4
10. Vander Joaquim-HI 1.3
Win Shares
1. Wendell McKines-NMST 6.6
2. Preston Medlin-UTST 6.4
3. Deonte Burton-NV 5.3
4. Hernst Laroche-NMST 4.7
5. Malik Story-NV 4.0
6. Vander Joaquim-HI 4.0
7. Kyisean Reed-UTST 4.0
8. Deremy Geiger-ID 3.9
9. Olek Czyz-NV 3.8
10. Kevin Olekaibe-FREST 3.6