By Mark Rountree Sports Editor



After watching from the sidelines as a redshirt last year, Nolan Richardson will get a chance this season for the Northern Oklahoma College Enid Jets.

The 6-foot-2 point guard was the Tulsa World state Player of the Year two years ago.

"Nolan will be one of the top three or four players in Region II this year,'' said NOC Enid coach Greg Shamburg. "He's going to be a highly recruited (NCAA) Division I player."'

The Jets open the season tonight against the Oklahoma Christian junior varsity. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at the Mabee Center.

The NOC Enid women open the season Friday at Rose State. The Lady Jets host Butler County (Kan.) College at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

The Jets will be out to improve on last year's 14-16 record, and Shamburg said the Jets have the players to do it as the program enters its fifth season.

"We're looking at making a run at the Region II title and going to the national tournament,'' said Shamburg. "We would be pretty disappointed if we didn't do better this year."'

Returning to the squad are 6-7 sophomores Rashad Moss and Jacoie Shivers.

Shamburg is looking for good things from Burlington's Jed Blevins, as well as freshmen Kendall Johnson, Matt Monroe, Robert Johnson, Joe Morgan and Jamel Potts.

The Jets' roster also includes three players from the East Coast in Brooklyn, N.Y., natives Francisco Altidor and Potts, and Lindon, N.J., native Donte Ross.

"All of these guys should give us a chance to win,'' said Shamburg.

The women's squad includes five returning players, including Jenni Williamson, Mara Kee, Chisholm's Ashley Holtzinger, Whitney James and Lacey Knox.

The team also includes a number of northwest Oklahoma talent in Okarche's Haley Myers, Lomega's Sheri Yost, Cimarron's Brandi Carpenter, Cherokee's Tana Turney and Ringwood's Amanda Davidson.





NOC ENID BASKETBALL ROSTERS



MEN

No. Player Ht Cl Hometown (School)

1 Garrett Spears 6-0 Fr Garber

3 Jermaine Johnson 5-8 Fr Oklahoma City (Southeast)

4 Kendall Johnson 6-0 Fr Oklahoma City (Putnam City)

5 Joe Morgan 5-8 Fr Miami

10 VanCraven 6-0 Fr Tulsa (Union)

12 Nolan Richardson 6-2 R-Fr Tulsa (Central)

15 Byron Ivory 6-2 Fr Tulsa (East Central)

20 Robert Johnson 6-2 Fr N. Little Rock (Oak Grove)

22 Jamel Potts 6-4 Fr Brooklyn, N.Y. (Tilden)

23 Matt Monroe 6-6 Fr N. Little Rock (N. Little Rock)

30 Donte Ross 6-6 Fr Lindon, N.J. (Lindon)

33 Adrian Lay 6-5 Fr Oklahoma City (Southeast)

35 Dametrice Edwards 6-1 Fr Oklahoma City (Putnam City)

40 Jed Blevins 6-7 Fr Burlington

50 Rashad Moss 6-7 So Freeport, Bahamas (Catholic)

55 Francisco Altidor 6-8 Fr Brooklyn, N.Y. (Arasmas)

00 Jacoie Shivers 6-7 So Garland, Texas (Seagaville)



Head coach - Greg Shamburg

Assistants - Steve Soza, Chad Boese



WOMEN

No. Player Ht Cl Hometown (School)

10 Jenni Williamson 5-8 So Stillwater (Perry)

12 Mara Kee 5-8 So Beaver

13 Pearle Hare 5-7 Fr Red Rock (Frontier)

15 Ashlee Smith 5-6 Fr Guthrie

20 Haley Myers 5-7 Fr Kingfisher (Okarche)

22 Heather Graham 5-11 Fr Wayne

23 Ashley Holtzinger 6-0 So Enid (Chisholm)

24 Sheri Yost 6-1 Fr Kingfisher (Lomega)

33 Brandi Carpenter 5-3 Fr Lahoma (Cimarron)

35 Whitney James 5-9 So Edmond (Memorial)

42 Tana Turney 5-11 Fr Cherokee

44 Lacey Knox 5-7 So Harrah

45 Megan Byford 6-2 Fr Bray (Bray-Doyle)

50 Amanda Davidson 6-1 Fr Ringwood



Head coach - Scott Morris

Assistant - Andy Hamilton



2005-06 SCHEDULE

Nov. 3 Oklahoma Christian JV (men) 7 p.m.

Nov. 4 at Rose State (women) 6 p.m.

Nov. 4 at Hutch Classic (men) 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 5 at Hutch Classic (men) 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 5 Butler County (women) 6 p.m.

Nov. 8 Oklahoma Christian JV (women) 6 p.m.

Nov. 11 at Allen County Classic (women) 6 p.m.

Nov. 11 at Coffeyville Classic (men) 5 p.m.

Nov. 12 at Allen County Classic (women) 2 p.m.

Nov. 12 at Coffeyville Classic (men) 7 p.m.

Nov. 14 Redlands (women) 6 p.m.

Nov. 17 Northeastern Oklahoma A--M (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Nov. 19 at Pratt (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Nov. 22 Oklahoma Baptist JV (women) 6 p.m.

Nov. 22 at Rose State (men) 7 p.m.

Nov. 29 Pratt (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Dec. 2 Carl Albert (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Dec. 3 Arkansas-Fort Smith (women, men) 2-4 p.m.

Dec. 7 at Butler County (women) 6 p.m.

Dec. 10 Eastern Oklahoma (women, men) 2-4 p.m.

Dec. 15 Vance AFB (men) 7 p.m.

Jan. 9 Connors State (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Jan. 13 at Carl Albert State (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Jan. 14 at Arkansas-Fort Smith (women, men) 2-4 p.m.

Jan. 16 Rose State (women) 6 p.m.

Jan. 18 at Connors State (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Jan. 21 at Eastern Oklahoma (women, men) 2-4 p.m.

Jan. 23 Rose State (men) 7 p.m.

Jan. 26 at Northeastern Oklahoma A--M (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Jan. 30 at Seminole State (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Feb. 2 NOC Tonkawa (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Feb. 6 Western Oklahoma (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Feb. 9 at Murray State (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Feb. 13 at Redlands (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Feb. 16 Seminole State (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Feb. 20 at NOC Tonkawa (women, men) 6-8 pm..

Feb. 23 Western Oklahoma (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

Feb. 27 Murray State (women, men) 6-8 p.m.

March 2 Redlands (men) 7 p.m.

March 9-12 Region II (women, men) TBA