2019–20 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Carson Cunningham and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 6–14 in Soutland play play to finish in tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.

2019–20 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
2019–20 record	9–22 (6–14 Southland)
Head coach	Carson Cunningham (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kenyon Spears (3rd season) Taylor Land (2nd season) Ryne Smith (1st season)
Home arena	McDermott Center (Capacity: 2,000)

2019–20 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stephen F. Austin	19	–	1		.950			28	–	3		.903
Abilene Christian	15	–	5		.750			20	–	11		.645
Nicholls	15	–	5		.750			21	–	10		.677
Sam Houston State	11	–	9		.550			18	–	13		.581
Northwestern State	11	–	9		.550			15	–	15		.500
Lamar	10	–	10		.500			17	–	15		.531
McNeese State	10	–	10		.500			15	–	17		.469
Texas A&M–CC	10	–	10		.500			14	–	18		.438
Central Arkansas	9	–	11		.450			10	–	21		.323
Incarnate Word	6	–	14		.300			9	–	22		.290
New Orleans	5	–	15		.250			9	–	21		.300
Southeastern Louisiana	5	–	15		.250			8	–	23		.258
Houston Baptist	4	–	16		.200			4	–	25		.138
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll NOTE: The 2020 SLC Tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2018–19 season 6–25, 1–17 in Southland play to finish in 13th place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.

Roster

Source: [1]

2019–20 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Dwight Murray, Jr. 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Pebblebrook HS Austell, Georgia F 1 Antoine Smith Jr. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Bosco Institute Westerville, Ohio G 2 Keaston Willis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Sulphur Springs HS Sulphur Springs, Texas G 3 Drew Lutz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Penn HS Granger, Indiana G/F 4 Derek Van Vlerah 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Dublin Coffman HS Dublin, Ohio G 5 Brandon Swaby 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Fr Northeast HS Fort Lauderdale, Florida G 10 Cody Graham 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr St. Pius X HS Fresno, Texas G 12 Augustine Ene 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Creekview HS Carrollton, Texas G 13 Ryan Flores 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Jr Chisholm Trail HS Saginaw, Texas F 15 Marcus Larsson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Fr Froya Basket Oslo, Norway G 20 Morgan Taylor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 174 lb (79 kg) So Marist HS Chicago, Illinois F 21 Corey Sato 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Randall HS Amarillo, Texas F 24 Bryce Davis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Deer Valley HS Glendale, Arizona G 25 Des Balentine (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) RS Jr Tyler JC Kokomo, Indiana F 33 Vincent Miszkiewicz 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Fr South Elgin HS South Elgin, Illinois	Head coach Carson Cunningham (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Kenyon Spears (Lamar) Taylor Land (St. Edward's) Ryne Smith (Purdue) Zach Taylor (Carroll College) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2019-11-06

Schedule and results

Source: [2]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 6, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	at Missouri	L 42–82	0–1	16 – Lutz	10 – Miszkiewicz	2 – Tied	Mizzou Arena (8,185) Columbia, MO
Nov 8, 2019* 7:00 pm	at Northern Colorado	L 61–83	0–2	16 – Morgan	5 – Swaby	2 – Morgan	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,455) Greeley, CO
Nov 12, 2019* 7:00 pm	Texas Lutheran	W 86–60	1–2	15 – Murray	8 – Ene	4 – Murray	McDermott Center (490) San Antonio, TX
Nov 16, 2019* 1:00 pm	SIU Edwardsville	L 55–57	1–3	14 – Willis	12 – Miszkiewicz	5 – Lutz	McDermott Center (96) San Antonio, TX
Nov 22, 2019* 12:00 pm	Bethune–Cookman	L 58–83	1–4	15 – Murray Jr.	12 – Miskiewicz	4 – Murray Jr.	McDermott Center (125) San Antonio, TX
Nov 23, 2019* 10:00 am	St. Francis (IL)	W 68–44	2–4	14 – Davis	11 – Miszkiewicz	3 – Lutz	McDermott Center (213) San Antonio, TX
Nov 24, 2019* 2:00 pm	Eastern Illinois	W 72–63	2–5	20 – Lutz	9 – Miszkiewicz	5 – Lutz	McDermott Center (349) San Antonio, TX
Dec 1, 2019* 5:00 pm	at Portland	L 56–65	2–6	16 – Willis	6 – Tied	3 – Balentine	Chiles Center (1,088) Portland, OR
Dec 3, 2019* 7:00 pm	at Seattle	L 60–81	2–7	14 – Willis	4 – Murray Jr.	3 – Lutz	Redhawk Center (820) Seattle, WA
Dec 7, 2019* 7:00 pm	Trinity	W 101–65	3–7	19 – Tied	9 – Miszkiewicz	5 – Murray Jr.	McDermott Center (293) San Antonio, TX
Dec 18, 2019 12:30 pm	at Central Arkansas	L 82–88	3–8 (0–1)	28 – Willis	8 – Murray	8 – Murray	Farris Center (426) Conway, AR
Dec 21, 2019* 6:00 pm, P12N	at Washington State	L 59–87	3–9	10 – Murray	8 – Miszkiewicz	3 – Murray	Beasley Coliseum (2,037) Pullman, WA
Jan 2, 2020 7:00 pm	at Nicholls	L 60–76	3–10 (0–2)	15 – Ene	6 – Lutz	3 – Miszkiewicz	Stopher Gymnasium (327) Thibodaux, LA
Jan 8, 2020 7:00 pm	Northwestern State	L 60–76	3–11 (0–3)	16 – Willis	9 – Larsson	8 – Lutz	McDermott Center (124) San Antonio, TX
Jan 11, 2020 4:15 pm	New Orleans	W 73–70	4–11 (1–3)	19 – Larsson	9 – Miszkiewicz	7 – Lutz	McDermott Center (279) San Antonio, TX
Jan 15, 2020 6:30 pm	at McNeese State	L 56–72	4–12 (1–5)	15 – Lutz	13 – Miszkiewicz	3 – Murray	H&HP Complex (2,356) Lake Charles, LA
Jan 18, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN+	at Stephen F. Austin	L 56–80	4–13 (1–5)	16 – Lutz	9 – Miszkiewicz	6 – Lutz	William R. Johnson Coliseum (4,147) Nacogdoches, TX
Jan 22, 2020 7:00 pm	Lamar	L 77–89	4–14 (1–6)	25 – Lutz	7 – Miszkiewicz	4 – Lutz	McDermott Center (310) San Antonio, TX
Jan 25, 2020 4:15 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 47–68	4–15 (1–7)	15 – Ene	7 – Miszkiewicz	3 – Lutz	McDermott Center (444) San Antonio, TX
Jan 29, 2020 7:00 pm	at Houston Baptist	W 84–82	5–15 (2–7)	23 – Willis	8 – Miszkiewicz	4 – Balentine	Sharp Gymnasium (506) Houston, TX
Feb 1, 2020 3:30 pm, ESPN3	at Abilene Christian	L 58–72	5–16 (2–8)	11 – Miszkiewicz	9 – Miszkiewicz	1 – Balentine	Moody Coliseum (1,192) Abilene, TX
Feb 5, 2020 7:00 pm	Sam Houston State	W 72–71 ^OT	6–16 (3–8)	17 – Lutz	9 – Miszkiewicz	5 – Lutz	McDermott Center (452) San Antonio, TX
Feb 8, 2020 4:15 pm	Southeastern Louisiana	W 82–75	7–16 (4–8)	17 – Tied	6 – Van Vlerah	5 – Balentine	McDermott Center (477) San Antonio, TX
Feb 12, 2020 6:30 pm	at Northwestern State	L 60–70	7–17 (4–9)	14 – Balentine	7 – Balentine	4 – Lutz	Prather Coliseum (802) Natchitoches, LA
Feb 15, 2020 6:00 pm	at New Orleans	W 67–66	8–17 (5–9)	19 – Lutz	8 – Murray Jr.	7 – Lutz	Lakefront Arena (451) New Orleans, LA
Feb 19, 2020 7:00 pm	McNeese State	W 65–59	9–17 (6–9)	23 – Willis	9 – Miszkiewicz	5 – Balentine	McDermott Center (409) San Antonio, TX
Feb 22, 2020 4:15 pm	Stephen F. Austin	L 56–80	9–18 (6–10)	13 – Murray	6 – Mizskiewicz	4 – Lutz	McDermott Center (691) San Antonio, TX
Feb 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Lamar	L 66–86	9–19 (6–11)	23 – Murray Jr.	9 – Miszkiewicz	4 – Balentine	Montagne Center (1,755) Beaumont, TX
Feb 29, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN+	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 70–78	9–20 (6–12)	18 – Balentine	5 – Murray	5 – Murray	American Bank Center (2,678) Corpus Christi, TX
Mar 4, 2020 7:00 pm	Houston Baptist	L 76–88	9–21 (6–13)	23 – Willis	5 – Tied	6 – Lutz	McDermott Center (343) San Antonio Texas
Mar 7, 2020 4:15 pm	Abilene Christian	L 68–71 ^OT	9–22 (6–14)	16 – Lutz	9 – Larsson	4 – Balentine	McDermott Center (831) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2019–20 Incarnate Word Cardinals women's basketball team

References

1. "2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster". UIW Athletics. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
2. "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". UIW Athletics. Retrieved November 7, 2019.