2021–22 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball team

2021–22 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball
2021–22 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
2021–22 record	7–24 (5–13 SWAC)
Head coach	Solomon Bozeman (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Cameron Henderson; Bryan Sherrer; Dakota Brasher;
Home arena	H. O. Clemmons Arena
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Lions, led by first-year head coach Solomon Bozeman, played their home games at the H. O. Clemmons Arena in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Previous season[]

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Golden Lions finished the 2020–21 season 4–21, 3–12 in SWAC play to finish in ninth place. In the SWAC Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Fairfield.^[1]

On April 17, 2021, head coach George Ivory announced his resignation, leaving the program after 13 years at the helm.^[2] On June 11, the school named Oral Roberts assistant Solomon Bozeman as Ivory's replacement.^[3]

Roster[]

2021–22 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Kshun Stokes	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Headland, Alabama
G	1	Kylen Milton	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	So	Conway, Arkansas
G	2	Travonta Doolittle	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	Sr	Hughes, Arkansas
G	3	Jaylan Thomas	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	So	Tulsa, Oklahoma
G	4	Gabriel Vargas	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Miami, Florida
G	5	Dequan Morris	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Sr	Pine Bluff, Arkansas
G	10	Isaiah Haralson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Pearland, Texas
G	11	Brandon Brown	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Memphis, Tennessee
G	14	Brahm Harris	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Maumelle, Arkansas
F	15	AJ Stredic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Bay City, Texas
F	22	Omar Parchman	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Wynne, Arkansas
F	23	Trey Sampson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Davenport, Iowa
F	30	Dreshaun Doyne	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Fr	Little Rock, Arkansas
F	34	Amadou Fall	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Kaolack, Senegal
G	55	Shawn Williams	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Little Rock, Arkansas

Head coach

Solomon Bozeman (Little Rock)

Assistant coach(es)

Cameron Henderson (Montana State)
Bryan Sherrer (South Alabama)
Dakota Brasher (Indiana)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 10, 2021

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 pm, FS1	at Creighton	L 77–90	0–1	29 – Sampson	14 – Brown	3 – 2 Tied	CHI Health Center Omaha (15,072) Omaha, NE
November 12, 2021* 9:00 pm, KCDO	at Colorado State	L 71–91	0–2	26 – Williams	6 – Brown	3 – 2 Tied	Moby Arena (4,776) Fort Collins, CO
November 14, 2021* 3:00 pm, MW Network	at Wyoming	L 45–85	0–3	17 – Milton	6 – Sampson	3 – Williams	Arena-Auditorium (3,023) Laramie, WY
November 18, 2021* 10:00 pm, KRCW	at Portland	L 74–86	0–4	31 – Williams	11 – Brown	5 – Williams	Chiles Center (1,018) Portland, OR
November 22, 2021* 9:00 pm, ESPN+	at Seattle	L 56–77	0–5	17 – Brown	17 – Brown	2 – Milton	Climate Pledge Arena (1,082) Seattle, WA
November 24, 2021* 9:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Santa Barbara	L 58–86	0–6	17 – Milton	5 – Milton	5 – Williams	The Thunderdome (702) Santa Barbara, CA
November 26, 2021* 9:00 pm, WCC Network	at Pacific	L 50–74	0–7	14 – Williams	4 – 3 Tied	3 – Williams	Alex G. Spanos Center (1,016) Stockton, CA
November 29, 2021* 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Arkansas Baptist	W 75–70	1–7	21 – Sampson	12 – Brown	6 – Williams	H. O. Clemmons Arena (1,483) Pine Bluff, AR
December 1, 2021* 7:00 pm, Big 12 Now	at No. 19 Iowa State	L 64–83	1–8	21 – Williams	6 – Sampson	5 – Williams	Hilton Coliseum (12,305) Ames, IA
December 4, 2021* 4:00 pm, Big 12 Now	at No. 4 Baylor	L 54–99	1–9	19 – Brown	6 – Brown	5 – Williams	Ferrell Center (6,207) Waco, TX
December 8, 2021* 7:00 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Arkansas State	L 73–84	1–10	21 – Brown	11 – Brown	7 – Williams	H. O. Clemmons Arena (3,148) Pine Bluff, AR
December 14, 2021* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	at No. 17 Texas	L 31–63	1–11	8 – Milton	6 – Milton	3 – Milton	Frank Erwin Center (10,513) Austin, TX
December 18, 2021* 2:00 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Ecclesia	W 97-56	2–11	23 – Morris	8 – Brown	6 – Vargas	H. O. Clemmons Arena (648) Pine Bluff, AR
SWAC regular season
January 3, 2022 5:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Alabama A&M	L 50–70	2–12 (0–1)	15 – Doolittle	5 – Milton	4 – Williams	H. O. Clemmons Arena (842) Pine Bluff, AR
January 5, 2022 5:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Alabama State	W 70–68	3–12 (1–1)	22 – Williams	7 – 2 Tied	4 – Williams	H. O. Clemmons Arena (564) Pine Bluff, AR
January 8, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Texas Southern	L 71–90	3–13 (1–2)	30 – Williams	6 – Stredic	3 – Sampson	H&PE Arena (878) Houston, TX
January 10, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Prairie View A&M	L 58–75	3–14 (1–3)	33 – Morris	5 – Morris	4 – Williams	William Nicks Building (257) Prairie View, TX
January 15, 2022 5:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Florida A&M	L 66–71 ^OT	3–15 (1–4)	17 – Brown	8 – Brown	3 – 3 Tied	H. O. Clemmons Arena (1,254) Pine Bluff, AR
January 17, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Bethune–Cookman	W 69–63	4–15 (2–4)	20 – Morris	7 – Sampson	6 – Brown	H. O. Clemmons Arena (941) Pine Bluff, AR
January 22, 2022 5:00 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Southern	L 51–99	4–16 (2–5)	21 – Morris	7 – Brown	2 – 4 Tied	F. G. Clark Center (3,274) Baton Rouge, LA
January 24, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Grambling State	L 65–76	4–17 (2–6)	22 – Morris	8 – Brown	6 – Williams	Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (2,137) Grambling, LA
January 29, 2022 4:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Mississippi Valley State	W 74–68	5–17 (3–6)	26 – Williams	7 – Stokes	5 – Stokes	Harrison HPER Complex (1,985) Itta Bena, MS
February 5, 2022 5:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Alcorn State	L 64–70	5–18 (3–7)	20 – Morris	6 – 2 Tied	5 – Brown	H. O. Clemmons Arena (2,149) Pine Bluff, AR
February 7, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Jackson State	L 47–60	5–19 (3–8)	16 – Morris	4 – 2 Tied	8 – Williams	H. O. Clemmons Arena (1,861) Pine Bluff, AR
February 12, 2022 4:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Alabama State	W 75–70	6–19 (4–8)	17 – Milton	11 – Brown	3 – Vargas	Dunn–Oliver Acadome (980) Montgomery, AL
February 14, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Alabama A&M	L 69–74	6–20 (4–9)	28 – Williams	8 – Morris	4 – Morris	Elmore Gymnasium (788) Normal, AL
February 19, 2022 5:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Prairie View A&M	L 84–92	6–21 (4–10)	26 – Williams	10 – Brown	5 – Brown	H. O. Clemmons Arena (1,628) Pine Bluff, AR
February 21, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Texas Southern	L 68–70	6–22 (4–11)	29 – Williams	8 – Stokes	3 – Stokes	H. O. Clemmons Arena (2,312) Pine Bluff, AR
February 26, 2022 5:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	Mississippi Valley State	W 93–79	7–22 (5–11)	34 – Williams	13 – Brown	5 – Milton	H. O. Clemmons Arena (2,445) Pine Bluff, AR
March 3, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Jackson State	L 79–87	7–23 (5–12)	32 – Williams	8 – Morris	4 – Stredic	Williams Assembly Center (2,190) Jackson, MS
March 5, 2022 7:30 pm, UAPB Sports Network	at Alcorn State	L 77–100	7–24 (5–13)	42 – Milton	4 – Tied	2 – Tied	Davey Whitney Complex (385) Lorman, MS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ "Jackson State Advances to the Next Round With Win Over UAPB". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "Ivory resigns after 13 seasons as UAPB hoops coach". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "Arkansas Native Solomon Bozeman Named Men's Basketball Head Coach". UA Pine Bluff Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule". UA Pine Bluff Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "2021-22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[1] "Jackson State Advances to the Next Round With Win Over UAPB". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[2] "Ivory resigns after 13 seasons as UAPB hoops coach". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[3] "Arkansas Native Solomon Bozeman Named Men's Basketball Head Coach". UA Pine Bluff Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[4] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule". UA Pine Bluff Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[5] "2021-22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

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v t Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions men's basketball
Venues	H.O. Clemmons Arena (1982–present)
People
	Records lost 1931–1957 1983–95 2009–10 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Alcorn State	14	–	4	.778	17	–	17	.500
Texas Southern †	13	–	5	.722	19	–	13	.594
Southern	12	–	6	.667	17	–	14	.548
Florida A&M	11	–	7	.611	13	–	17	.433
Alabama A&M	10	–	8	.556	12	–	18	.400
Grambling State	9	–	9	.500	12	–	20	.375
Jackson State	9	–	9	.500	11	–	19	.367
Prairie View A&M	8	–	10	.444	8	–	19	.296
Alabama State	8	–	10	.444	9	–	21	.300
Bethune–Cookman	7	–	11	.389	9	–	21	.300
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	5	–	13	.278	7	–	24	.226
Mississippi Valley State	2	–	16	.111	2	–	26	.071

† 2022 SWAC Tournament winner